The Devon Beekeepers Association is a registered charity
whose objective is to further the craft of beekeeping.
 Beekeeping
has been recorded in Devon for over 1000 years. The
Western Apiarian Society was the first beekeeping
association in the English speaking world and was the
forerunner of the Devon Beekeepers Association which was
founded, more or less in its present form, in 1875.
Beekeeping has been published by Devon Beekeepers
Association since 1935. It is the modern inheritor of a
tradition that began in 1797 with the Transactions of
the Western Apairian Society, a magazine many consider
to be the first beekeeping journal in the world. This
continued to be published until 1809. Between 1898 and
1935 the Association journal was known as The Devon
Beekeepers Association Monthly Journal.
The Devon Beekeepers Association is an active member of
the British Beekeepers Association and Bee Disease
Insurance and is represented on the Devon Conservation
Forum and the English Nature Hedge Group.
The Devon Beekeepers Association is organised into
eleven branches which cover the whole of Devon and its
600 members. These are detailed on the
contacts page.
The branches organise local events including honey
shows, lectures, apiary meetings and classes for
novices. Many branches run bulk purchase schemes and
apiaries from which nucleus' and queens can be
purchased. Being a member of the Devon Beekeepers
Association entitles the member to attend any branch
meeting in the county giving the member a very wide
range of activities in which to participate.
Still Interested? -
Why not contact the Branch Secretary nearest to you
and get even more information. You could also
arrange to go to an Apiary meeting and see for yourself
what beekeeping entails.
BEEKEEPING - the magazine,
is available to non members, Country and
Social members in the UK.
The annual subscription to BEEKEEPING in
2008 is £11.50.
Overseas by surface mail (printed paper
rate) £16.50.
By airmail to EU £17.50.
To the rest of the World (outside Europe)
£24.50.
Please apply to Brian Gant, 2 Abbey
Grange Close, Buckfast, Devon, TQ11 0EU with
your cheque payable to "Devon Beekeepers"
Association.
Email
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