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    Melksham

    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 90 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 Broughton Gifford Village Hall, Melksham, Wilts.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 at Rowde, near Devizes.

    Membership levels and benefits:
         Entitled to attend all monthly meetings
         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
         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