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Welcome to Reading & District Beekeepers Association

Reading Beekeepers (RBKA) is a friendly group of beekeepers all interested in the promotion and preservation of the Honey Bee. The information you will find has been designed to encourage the practice of good beekeeping and explain some of the activities the association has planned.

Want to know more or thinking of becoming a beekeeper? Look at 'Calendar' link to come and find out more or look at the 'Courses' available, in all cases contact our Secretary.  You are invited to come along and meet us. We're a friendly bunch and we'll make you very welcome - "A whole new world awaits you ".

Following the Annual Delegates Meeting of The British Beekeepers Association (the BBKA) earlier in January. Reading & District Beekeepers Association are now direct members of the BBKA. Your committee has been working on this following the dissolution of The Federation of Berkshire Beekeepers Associations as voted for by the majority* of the four component members early in 2016 at The Federation’s AGM.



BECOME A MEMBER

Full Membership of the RBKA entitles you to the following:

  • Makes you a member of the national association of beekeepers British Beekeepers Association (BBKA)
  • Receive monthly full colour BBKA newsletter.
  • Public & Products liability Insurance up to £5 million.
  • Brood disease Insurance from BDI
  • Access to the BBKA visual aids and slide library.
  • Discounted entrance fee to Spring Convention.
  • Access to the BBKA Examination Scheme.
  • Attend all club meetings and any meetings organised by County Branches
  • There are also associate and family membership options 
  • Mentoring scheme for beginners
  • Beginner members can benefit from swarms when they occur 
  • Hire of Honey Extracting Equipment