Membership 2025 

You can join or renew your membership to the Kingdom Beekeepers Association on the form below.

KBKA Membership has many benefits for the beginner and more experienced beekeeper:

  • Access to regular lectures by experts on beekeeping activities. Past and planned topics and presenters include:
    • John Breen: Bee Biology for Beginners
    • Aoife Nic Giolla Coda: Galtee Honey Farm and The Native Black Bee
    • Keith Pierce: Summer Management & Swarm Control
    • Roger Patterson: I Have Got My Bees – Now What?
    • Clare Densley & Martin Hann – History of Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey
    • Dr Fred J Ayres: Natural Beekeeping
    • Brendan P Murray: Spring Preparation
    • Stuart Spinks: How to Profit from your Beekeeping Season
  • Affiliation to the Irish Bee Foundation is included in your membership to KBKA. Full details can be found on the Irish Bee Foundation website. Benefits include:
    • 3rd Party Beekeeping Insurance provided through Hiscox
    • Reduced rates for subscription to BeeCraft Magazine
    • Access to a progressive Education Programme
    • Invitation to Annual Beekeeping Convention FREE to all members
    • Monthly Members Zoom Meetings – access to Foundation updates and talks from Nationally and Internationally renowned beekeeping speakers
  • The club has a Queen Rearing group in association with NIHBS (Native Irish Honey Bee Society), which enables the club to provide Native Black Bee Nucs and Queens to its members. Please refer to the Queen Rearing page for more information.
  • Access to the club apiary for training and social events