Join/Renew Membership
The benefits of being a member:
- On-going help and advice from experienced beekeepers.
- Courses for new and novice beekeepers, with hands on opportunities to examine bees at an apiary.
- A winter programme of meetings with talks by speakers on a wide ranging number of beekeeping subjects.
- Insurance to provide recompense for any colonies having to be destroyed due to notifiable bee diseases.
- Public liability insurance up to a limit of £5 million in any one year and any one incident against accidents arising from their beekeeping activities. There is an excess of £500 for any claims that relate to property.
- Opportunities to sell products of the hive at the various shows where the branch exhibits throughout the year.
- Hire and use of branch equipment.
- If you have any queries or questions you wish to ask then please click on the membership enquiry link below.
DBKA (Tiverton Branch) subscription 2024
| Category | Annual subscription | Notes |
| Registered member | £31.00 | Full benefits (including BBKA membership) |
| Partner member | £18.00 | For those who live at the same address as a Registered member (including BBKA membership) |
| Junior member | £12.50 | For individuals under the age of 18. Includes all the benefits of Registered membership (including BBKA membership) |
| Local Member | £6.00 | For those individuals who do not keep bees in their own right in the County of Devon, who are generally interested in the craft of beekeeping, and wish to participate in DBKA activities primarily at Branch level. |
| Printed copy of Beekeeping Magazine | £18.00 | DBKA’s Beekeeping magazine will be distributed to all members as an email link to an online document. Anyone wishing to receive a printed copy through the post will need to pay for this. |
Note : The Registered membership includes Bee Disease Insurance for up to 3 hives. Extra premiums are required for more than 3 hives (see the Membership Form for further details).