Moray Beekeepers Association Membership
Welcome to Moray Beekeepers Association (MBA)! Your enjoyment and knowledge of beekeeping will be increased through contact with fellow enthusiasts and participation in club events in our area so please come along and join in.
You do not need to have bees to be a member of the club – all you need to have is an interest in beekeeping and conservation.
As a new member you can learn as quickly or slowly as you wish. We have a full programme of events throughout the year, and during the summer months, members can attend the open apiary events at the training apiary where you can further increase your beekeeping skills
Benefits of Membership 2012
Support and advice from beekeeping experts
Practical demonstrations and visits to members’ apiaries
Subsidised Beekeeping courses **
Free refreshments at meetings
Fortnightly Apiary Instruction Meetings in summer
Free borrow of beesuits/gloves at meetings
Beekeeping Mentor Scheme **
Beekeeping talks in winter
Free Monthly Newsletter
Free use of association equipment
Analysis of bees for disease at discounted prices **
Free hive health check **
Oxalic acid treatment at discount prices **
Free use of Association library ** (needs cataloguing and updating)
Access to the S.B.A. Examination Syllabus
Purchase of frames, wax, jars and equipment at discount prices **
Purchase of queen bees at discount prices **
Purchase of nucleus of bees at discount prices
Advice on honeybee conservation and attracting pollinators into your garden
Purchase of beekeeping clothing from BB Wear at discount prices
Purchase of bee friendly plants/seeds (borage, phacelia, limanthes, wildflower) at discount
prices **
** new for 2012.
Beekeeping courses
We run a series of beekeeping courses for the general public throughout the summer and will soon be running courses for MBA members, probably in the winter.
Association apiary
MBA runs a training apiary, on farmland near Birnie, and we are grateful to Tarmac for their support with this.The apiary is used for courses, training, and soon to be introduced Queen rearing and bee breeding projects.
Fees
- All fees are set at the yearly AGM in January
- Membership is per annum due in January
- Full member £12
- Full Concession member (over 65s) £7.00
- Youth member (12-16) £7.00
- Conservation Member £10
- Under 12s membership is free
There is a joining fee of £5 for new and lapsed members and a late renewal (for subs paid after 1st June) fee of £3 for Full and Full Concession members and £2 for Youth members
If you would like to join us then download our application form here – Membership form 2012
