ADDITIONAL  MEMBERSHIP  INFORMATION  2026

1. Information and advice on beekeeping
2. Online resources –education /training, forum etc.
3. £10m Third Party Public Liability
4. £10m Products Liability Insurance
5. Monthly Membership Magazine: The BBKA News
6. Beekeeping Examinations to the highest level
7. Representation at a National and International level
8. Annual Spring Convention and Exhibition at Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire TF10 8NB
9. Access to online training.

• Up to 3 colonies – £2 (Already included with your membership)

• Up to 5 colonies in total – £1.20
• Up to 10 colonies in total – £4.70
• Up to 15 colonies in total – £7.75
• Up to 20 colonies in total – £9.50
• Up to 25 colonies in total – £11.10
• Up to 30 colonies in total-  £13.60
• Up to 35 colonies in total- £16.10
• Up to 39 colonies in total – £18.10

Enquiries about membership applications / payments should be made to:

Margaret Riches (Chair)  

Mark Dasey (Website Manager and Membership Secretary )  for online renewals

 0777 564 1179      

Norman English  (Treasurer) :  07767 462247     

 Other information will be available as follows: 

a)You will  receive updates about national events and bulletins which are circulated by BBKA and NBU via Mark Dasey  (Membership and Communications Secretary).  Occasionally these will be circulated by Cumbria Beekeepers Area Association by Peter Weatherall.

b) You will receive updates and reminders about the PDBKA Programme and Branch Meeting arrangements via Margaret Riches (Chair) , circulated by Mark Dasey

Other Trustees also have particular roles and responsibilities The full list of Trustees and their contact details have already been circulated following the AGM  April2024. They are also available on the PDBKA web site. www.penrithbeekeepers.org.contact/trustees.

PDBKA encourages its members to:

• obtain stocks of bees from local sources to minimise the spread of disease and to ensure that strains are suitable for the Cumbrian weather conditions.

• register with Bee Base which provides the bee inspectors with information which is vital for their role in making their inspections when they have been notified of the presence of disease in particular areas and provides you with updates on bee husbandry issues.  Please register asap if you have not already done so by visiting the NBU website: www.nationalbeeunit.com

PBKA Membership Badges for the 2026 Membership Year are available for you to download from the Members Section of the web site. It has been created from a Word Document. You need to type/ write your own name into the blank space.

You only need to have a membership badge to show at the entrance to Acorn Bank if you attend any of the branch meetings at the apiary May – September.

PBKA has small ‘badge size’ plastic wallets for you to use to laminate your badge to give it ‘all weather’ protection and ensure that it can be attached to your bee suit with a safety pin.  The wallets will be available at ‘face to face’ branch meetings between Jan – April or if you prefer, you can send Margaret a sae and she will post one to you.  Address: 16, Byrnes Close, Plumpton,  Penrith, CA11 9PE.

N.B. Make sure that you cover the plastic wallet with a cotton handkerchief / or something similar, before you apply the iron to the plastic to turn it into a laminate surface.

1.     The opportunity to attend and participate in the annual Honey Show & the AGM.

2.     Cumbria Bee Times (CBT) : quarterly newsletter.