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How To Join NBKA & BBKA

  • To join NBKA email Janet Bates with your name, address and email address (if not the one used for the contact)

 

  • Your name will be put on the database and a membership form will be emailed to you for completion on-line.

 

  • Membership runs from January to December.

 

  • (There is no pro rata arrangement but if you join between September and December your subscription will cover membership until December of the following year.)

 

  • Payments: online payment or bank transfer payments are preferred.

 

  • Details are given when you submit your application form.

 

  • Be sure to add a REFERENCE=YOUR FULL NAME or Membership number.​

 

  • If you need to pay by cheque then please let me know.

 

  • You will receive an email edition of BeeMaster, which is the Newsletter of NBKA.

 

  • Make sure your email address is up to date.

 

  • For full members part of your subscription goes to the BBKA (British Beekeepers Association) so you will also become a member of BBKA and will receive their monthly BBKA News which contains many useful articles.

 

  • In addition, a small portion of the payment (£2.00 currently) is for BDI (Bee Disease Insurance) which covers up to 3 colonies.

 

  • Additional payments can be made by members with more colonies on a sliding scale - see membership form.​

 

  • RENEWALS - will be sent by email to be completed online.

 

  • Membership Categories are below

NBKA Membership Categories

Pricing Plans
NBKA Membership
BBKA Membership
Bee Disease Insurance
BeeMaster Email
BBKA News
Country Member

£17.00

Family member

£10.00

Associate member

£15.50

Junior member

£9.50

Partner member

£20.50

Full Member

£30.00

Bee Disease Insurance

Bee Disease Insurance is a sliding scale
1 To 3 Colonies

Included In Subs

4 To 5 Colonies

£1.20

6 To 10 Colonies

£4.70

11 To 15 Colonies

£7.75

16 to 20 Colonies

£9.50

21 to 25 Colonies

£11.10

26 to 30 Colonies

£13.60

31 to 35 Colonies

£16.10

36 to 39 Colonies

£18.10

​Partner Member – 2nd BBKA member at the same address (One per registered member)
Junior member up to age 18
Family member same address of an NBKA member
BDI is a sliding scale.
On your form put the ADDITIONAL COLONIES over 3 that you have i.e. the number of your colonies minus 3.
The basic subscription insures up to 3 colonies. Extra colonies are on a sliding scale:

1-3 colonies included in your subs;
4-5 colonies..£1.20; 6-10 colonies..£4.70; 11-15 colonies..£7.75; 16-20 colonies..£9.50; 21-25 colonies,, £11.10; 26-30 colonies.. £13.60; 31-35 colonies..£16.10; 36-39 colonies..£18.10.
Beekeepers’ Association Since 1884
Registered Charity No 508171
Affiliated Member
Queen Marking