Events

Saturday, 12 October 2024 – 10am to 4pm

A fantastic day out for people thinking about taking up beekeeping, as well as old hands who want to learn a whole lot more.

Exams and Assessments

All applications are now completed online. If you plan to take an assessment or exam please contact your branch Membership Secretary who will provide you with the link to the website.

Wednesday club meetings at 7.30pm at Bishops Canning Village Hall, Devizes, SN10 2LL unless otherwise specified.

If you’d like to attend a particular club meeting, please email the Club Secretary.

Upcoming talks – 2024

Jan 29th – Richard Oliver (Spring into summer)Feb 25th – Robert Carpenter Taylor (Bee health and a seasonal bee health inspector)March 25th  – Marin Anastasov (the world of the microscope)29th April –

Apiary meetings are held in the Branch Apiary in Westbury. Please contact the club for directions.

Club talks take place by Zoom (club members will be sent a link automatically).

Our meetings are usually on the last Thursday of the month. All meetings take place at Haydon Wick Social Club, 10 Blunsdon Road, Swindon, SN25  1JD unless stated otherwise in the club newsletter.

Below is a list of forthcoming WBKA meetings, including Trustee meetings.

7 March 2023 – Trustee meeting.

15 April 2023 – The four branches are hosting a WBKA stand at the Chippenham Eco-Future Fest.

Regular meetings

Hopefully we can re-start the monthly meetings of the Microscopy Group at some point in 2023

To find out more about joining the club, email Richard Oliver:

Microscopy meetings are run by the WBKA and take place either in person (Covid-19 restrictions allowing) at Rowde Village Hall,

7pm, Tuesday 30 January 2023

in the Wessex Room at the Devizes Corn Exchange, Market Place, Devizes SN10 1HS.

Please email the Secretary if you would like to attend:

WBKA members will be sent the Agenda,

Once every four years county beekeeping associations host a team from the National Bee Unit to update members on many aspects of the diseases, pests and pathogens that affect honey bees.