Membership Application Form - the Art of Gentle Beekeeping

The North Devon School of Country Beekeeping
Membership Application 2015
Our Annual Membership runs from 1st Jan to 31st Dec and is open to anyone with an interest in
keeping honey bees. The annual subscription is payable in advance and runs from January 1 to
December 31.
Membership Classes:

Full Membership - £15 per year
 For those who wish to take part in some or all activities of the NDSCB
 Junior Membership - FREE
 For members under 18 years of age at the start of the year
 Partner Membership - £5 per year
 For anyone living with someone that has Full Membership
 They enjoy all the rights of Full Membership except for BDI* where applicable
Members of all classes enjoy access to the school’s meetings, help and advice, apiary, library, and
receive news updates and other communications.
We also have a website. www.gentlebeekeeping.org.uk
Free membership months
Members joining in the last 2 months of the year enjoy membership that extends to the end of the
following year. If this applies to you, it would nevertheless be appreciated if you would resubmit full
personal details so that we can check our records are up to date.
Member's phone numbers and emails are not be posted on the website.
Any member needing this Information should contact the Membership Secretary Jon Frayne:
mailto:jonfrayne@gmail.com
01779 560 830
* Bee Disease Insurance (see subscription form for details)
Membership Subscription Form
Name
Full Member
£15.00
£
£5.00
£
Voluntary donation to apiary funds
£
Address
Postcode
Telephone
E-mail
Partner Member
Bee Disease Insurance BDI (optional) £3.50 per member
Total to Pay
Signed
£
£
date
Please make cheques payable to ‘NDSCB’ and return the completed form to:
NDSCB Membership Secretary, Mole Cottage, Atherington, Devon, EX37 9HY
If you need help with this form please contact Jonathan by email: jonfrayne@gmail.com
or if urgent then by phone: 01779 560 830.
Bee Disease Insurance (BDI)
This is not an insurance policy taken out with an insurance company but an undertaking by the NDSCB
to help you should you loose a colony of bees due to American or European Foul Brood disease.
Our undertaking is to supply free of charge a nucleus1 of bees on frames. This offer of help is subject to the
following limitations:
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The NDSCB will supply one nucleus1 regardless of the number of colonies lost due to disease
The NDSCB will supply one nucleus1 within one calendar year per full member
Not more than ten percent of NDSCB funds2 to be spent in total within one calendar year
Provided the NDSCB is able to acquire sufficient nuclei to meet demand from claims 3
A nucleus being a queen with sufficient number of workers to establish the start of a colony.
Available at the time of any claim or claims.
The NDSCB will endeavour to the best of its ability to satisfy all claims but is unable to offer a guarantee.