{"id":5079,"date":"2025-09-28T10:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T09:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\/?page_id=5079"},"modified":"2025-12-07T12:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T12:41:28","slug":"welcome-to-the-brighton-lewes-beekeepers-association","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\/?page_id=5079","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Brighton &amp; Lewes Beekeepers&#8217; Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"766\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/graham-mem-766x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5080\" style=\"width:452px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/graham-mem-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/www.brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/graham-mem-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/graham-mem-768x1027.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/graham-mem.jpg 861w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We are a division of the Sussex Beekeepers\u2019 Association&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019d like to find out more before joining us\u2013 contact the\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:membership@brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\">membership secretary<\/a>, Graham.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We offer five categories of membership to suit different needs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Full membership \u00a334<\/strong><br>     <strong>\u25ca<\/strong>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbka.org.uk\/insurance\">Bee Disease Insurance and Public Liability<\/a><br>     <strong>\u25ca<\/strong>   <strong>B<\/strong>BKA membership<br>     <strong>\u25ca<\/strong>   Access to all Association organised events<br>     <strong>\u25ca<\/strong>   Advice from seasoned beekeepers including via WhatsApp &amp; Facebook<br>     <strong>\u25ca<\/strong>   Practical and theory training including apiary demonstration sessions<br>     <strong>\u25ca<\/strong>   Winter programme of talks and workshops given by guest speakers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Friend \u00a313<\/strong><br>This category is best suited to brand new beekeepers (those without bees) or for <strong>full<\/strong> members of other Associations. Friends are welcome to attend the meetings and events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Family \u00a31.50<\/strong><br>Intended for spouse or offspring of a&nbsp;full&nbsp;member. Can attend winter meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Partner \u00a326<\/strong><br>This is for spouses and partners&nbsp;<strong>who keep their own bees<\/strong>, living at the&nbsp;<strong>same<\/strong>&nbsp;address as a BBKA registered member. It includes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbka.org.uk\/insurance\">Public Liability Insurance<\/a>&nbsp;for beekeeping activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Junior \u00a314<\/strong><br> For persons under the age of 18 in conjunction with their parent, carer or guardian having 'full' membership of our division. Includes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbka.org.uk\/insurance\">Bee Disease Insurance<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/7aqKFgtAmwopeikx6\">Click&nbsp;here&nbsp;to join<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are a division of the Sussex Beekeepers\u2019 Association&nbsp; If you\u2019d like to find out more before joining us\u2013 contact the\u00a0membership secretary, Graham.\u00a0 We offer five categories of membership to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\/?page_id=5079\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Welcome to the Brighton &amp; Lewes Beekeepers&#8217; Association\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5079","page","type-page","status-publish","h-entry","hentry","h-as-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5079"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5165,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5079\/revisions\/5165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightonlewesbeekeepers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}