Portsmouth and District Beekeepers’ Association

2017 Application Form 2017

1. Annual subscriptions are due on 1st January 2017

Classes of membership available are Registered member £30.00 (includes basic BDI cover)

Country member £17.00 (BDI not included)

N.B. It is a condition of membership that members with bees must be insuredwith BDI via PDBKA or another Association or via BDI Scheme B .PDBKA. Registered members are automatically covered for their first three hives. Where a couple have more than 3 hives it is recommended the Partner member takes out BDI in their own right.

2. Bee Disease Insurance (BDI) Scheme A.

This scheme is for those who expect to have 39 colonies or less on the 31st March 2017. The basic Insurance Premium of £2.00 is included in the Full membership and covers up to your first 3 colonies.

Additional Insurance Premiumsare as follows:-

From 4 and 5 colonies £2.00 From16 to 20 colonies £9.50

From 6 to 10 colonies £5.25 From 21 to 25 colonies £11.10

From 11 to 15 colonies £7.75 From 26 to 39 colonies list from Treasurer

N.B. Compensation is paid in proportion to the premium paid, against stocks held at the time of discovery of Foul Brood.(A Nucleus of 5 frames or less counts as a half colony--so pay fullpremium for full cover).Premiums paid after 31st March 2017 will incur a wait of 60 days for cover to be effective.

3. 40+ colonies

If you have this number, you can only be insured under Scheme B by direct application to BDI Ltd. (contact Sharon Blake on 01460 242124 ) not via PDBKA.

4. Capitation fees.

These fees are paid automatically as part of a Registered member’s subscription. The current rates are :-

Portsmouth £4.00Hampshire BKA £5.00 BBKA £19.00

There are reduced rates for Country and Junior members

5. Country members (may also be Registered members of another Association)

They receive copies of Bee Talk, BBKA News and other direct communications and are insured withtheirparent Association and not PDBKA. Country members are not entitled to vote at meetings.

6. Ready Reckoner for your Subscription

Total number of
Colonies / Basic BDIpremium for first three hives
which is included in your
basic subscription / Extra BDI premium for additional colonies which is added to your basic subscription / Total subscription
payable for 2017
by a REGISTERED MEMBER
(£30.00 + any additional BDI premium)
1 / £2.00 / £0.00 / £30.00
2 / £2.00 / £0.00 / £30.00
3 / £2.00 / £0.00 / £30.00
4 / £2.00 / £2.00 / £32.00
5 / £2.00 / £2.00 / £32.00
6 / £2.00 / £5.25 / £35.25
7 / £2.00 / £5.25 / £35.25
8 / £2.00 / £5.25 / £35.25
9 / £2.00 / £5.25 / £35.25
10 / £2.00 / £5.25 / £35.25

This is cheap insurance by any standard and you are advised to OVER estimate the

number of hives that you will have rather than under estimate. Bees tend to multiply fairly quickly, you are also advised to count any nucs as full colonies for insurance purposes.