Reading & District Beekeepers Association

Found a Honey Bee Swarm in Reading?

Reading and District Beekeeping Association can respond!

	Honey bee	<<=	Call your local co-ordinator below to find beekeepers willing and proficient in collecting swarms
	Bumble bee	<<=	Click here to read more about Bumble Bees
	wasp	<<=	Click here to read more about wasps

A Honey bee swarm is quite distinct (as in the top picture) forming a rugby ball shape but you may also come across bees after they have set up home in a cavity, compost heap, roof space etc. To help you indentify which you think you have look at the pictures above to help.

Local Co-ordinators in Reading, Berkshire:

HONEY BEE SWARM COLLECTION

An Experienced Beekeeper will always be pleased to give you advice and if neccessary be ready to initiate the collection a Honey Bee Swarm.

If you have a Swarm please call any of the local co-ordinators above who are in your locality.

They   will attend if available, or will contact another co-ordinator who can respond immediately to your call. Whilst the geographic locations are helpful, please ring any or all of the numbers, if there is an urgent need !

Our Co-ordinators are all experienced Beekeepers and always ready to  volunteer their time and expertise (FOC) to carry out this delicate operation. Once collected, a New RBKA Member, will be contacted who is next in line on the Waiting List for bees. So they can get started beekeeping. Finding the bees a good home is essential.

DONATIONS...........

RBKA is a non-profit Association and Donations are extremely helpful, so that we can continue serving our community and saving honeybees for the benefit of our society. Little by little, we are building up the National Honeybee population, to make sure that pollination of plants throughout the land can thrive and prosper. In turn, the bees will be able to continue 'bee'ing the vital instrument of what gives us all the nutritious food for our tables.

Please ask the RBKA Co-ordinator for donation details OR simply send a cheque made payable to RBKA and post it to the RBKA Treasurer Mr Michael Blackburn, The Studio,1 Grove Hill,Caversham RG4 8PN.

Buy sending in your kind donation. You will do so in the knowledge, that your generous donation, however small will be of big benefit to such a good cause.