Advancing the education of the public and beekeepers in the craft of beekeeping.



 

Welcome

BKAs (Bee Keepers Associations) are centres of knowledge, advice and assistance. They hold the beekeeping knowledge and teach it to future beekeepers.

The North Dorset BKA is passionate about bees, honey and the enjoyment you can find through keeping bees and harvesting the produce. Our aim is to encourage the craft of beekeeping, provide high quality training, and advise, help support and encourage beekeepers.

We are a Registered Charity (Number 1193201), and we are fully affiliated with the Dorset County Beekeepers Association and the British Beekeepers Association. We had 137 members at the time of our last AGM.

If you are interested in keeping bees, find out about the courses and training we offer.



The New Apiary

The North Dorset Beekeepers Association (NDBKA) is launching an ambitious project to create an inclusive, educational space near Blandford which anyone will be able to visit to improve their knowledge of honey bees, how we can help them and how they affect us all.

The North Dorset Honey Bee Centre will provide a learning and community centre for training new beekeepers, developing skills, and education about the role of the honey bee in food production and the wider environment for visiting schools and other groups. It will also be a base for social and community activities.

Key Dates for 2024 & 2025

10th September - Steve Toop talk on Farming, Beekeeping & Forage, 7:30pm SCC

1st October - Please Pay your NDBKA Subscription

8th October - Propolis & Healing talk by Luzia Barclay, 7:30pm SCC

22nd November - AGM & Supper, 7:00pm SCC

10th December - New Apriary Working Group Photos & Progress, 7:30pm SCC

January 18th Skep Making 2-4pm SCC

January 25th Skep making 2-4 SCC

February 18th How to keep bees in a Skep talk by Diana Robertson 7-9pm SCC

March 18th Plants for bees talk by Lesley Gasson

March 22nd DBKA AGM in Dorford Centre, Dorchester 2.00pm

March 29th Apiary Tidy 2.30pm
 

March 29th Second Year Course start 2.00 SCC

April 5th Introduction To Beekeeping 10.00-4.00pm

May 11th Visit to Ron Briggs Honey House 2.00pm

May 24th Bee Experience Day 1-6pm

May 29-31st Bath and West Show

June 7th Bee Experience Day 1-6pm

June 8th Bee diseases safari with SBI Krysia Watson 2-5pm
 

June 21st Bee Experience Day 1-6pm

July 5th BBQ at Sue Billington Apiary, Holloway Lane 6.00pm [TBC]

July 19th Visit to Hurn Honey Farm 2.00pm

August 13&14th Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show

August 21st Melplash Show

August 26th Steve Toop Talk on Farming, Beekeeping and Forage 7.30pm SCC
 

August 30th Apiary Tidy 2.00pm

September 6-7th Dorchester Show

October 1st Pay your subscription

October 18th Dorset Convention Dorford Centre, Dorchester 9.30-4.30

October 23-25th National Honey Show

November 21st AGM and Supper

December 9th Christmas Record of the year

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