The primary objective of The Melksham & District Beekeepers Association is to promote and further the craft of beekeeping and to represent the interests of beekeepers in the local area.
The Melksham Beekeepers are affiliated to both the Wiltshire Beekeeping Association and the British Beekeepers Association, representing members at county and national levels.

The branch has been in existence for about seventy years and at present has approx 84 members from all walks of life. The MBKA offer many benefits to both the established beekeeper and the complete novice. A large number of our members have many years of practical beekeeping experience and this valuable resource is freely available to new beekeepers.

The MBKA holds 11 monthly informal meetings with interesting and informative talks, demonstrations and presentations at Building M14, The Wiltshire Countryside College, Lackham nr Lacock on the last Monday evening of the month (except Bank Holidays when the meeting is brought forward a week )

The MBKA organises training courses at all levels at the branch teaching apiary located in the grounds of Wiltshire College, Lackham.

Membership levels and benefits

Associate Membership, cost £ 10.00

	Entitled to attend all monthly meetings
	Receive monthly branch magazine Beelines, issued 10 times a year
	Free access to the branch lending library
	Discounted hire of branch extracting equipment
	Friendship and help from fellow beekeepers
	Free advice on all beekeeping matters

Full membership, cost £ 26.75 (all the above and)

	Membership to the British Beekeepers Association, which represents beekeepers at a national level
	Receive 7 issues of newsletter The BBKA News
	Public & Products Liability Insurance, to limit of £5 million
	Brood disease insurance from BDI for up to 3 colonies
	Access to the BBKA visual aids and slide library
	Discounted entrance fee to Spring Convention
	Access to the BBKA Examination scheme
	Membership to the Wiltshire Beekeepers Association
	Receive four copies per year of Wiltshire newsletter Honeybee Times
	Attend any meetings organised by any of the five county branches
	Free access to all educational courses arranged by the branch