peterbees
Field Bee
- Joined
- Sep 3, 2009
- Messages
- 601
- Reaction score
- 159
- Location
- Conwy Valley, north Wales
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 10
How does your BKA engage with members?
We have over 160 members, double what we had seven years ago, but attendance at our evening meetings has hardly increased. We're lucky to see ¼ of our members there. New beekeepers attend our courses, get some bees, join the BKA, and in many cases we don't see them again, until it's time to renew their subs. Most do renew.
We send out email newsletters every week. We have a very good website, and we have a good programme of talks and apiary sessions. We don't have formal mentoring, but we do offer assistance from neighbouring beekeepers, and we encourage members to work together in small clusters.
Where are we going wrong? Does it matter?
We'd welcome any suggestions.
We have over 160 members, double what we had seven years ago, but attendance at our evening meetings has hardly increased. We're lucky to see ¼ of our members there. New beekeepers attend our courses, get some bees, join the BKA, and in many cases we don't see them again, until it's time to renew their subs. Most do renew.
We send out email newsletters every week. We have a very good website, and we have a good programme of talks and apiary sessions. We don't have formal mentoring, but we do offer assistance from neighbouring beekeepers, and we encourage members to work together in small clusters.
Where are we going wrong? Does it matter?
We'd welcome any suggestions.