CCBA Membership: January-December Prorated Collier County Beekeepers Association (CCBA) memberships are available from whatever month you join to the end of the same calendar year. Pay attention to the dates of the membership.All renewals start on January of the following join year. Thank you for joining CCBA, your support is invaluable.Associate Membership: $25/yr per person.Associate members may be individual or family, who have an interest in beekeeping, but have no hives or do not participate in beekeeping activities, but who pay dues to the CCBA for a one-year term. Associate membership shall entitle the member(s) to regular announcements, newsletters, and all other activities sponsored by the organization, although Associate members shall have no voting privileges.Active Membership: $40/yr per person.Active membership in the CCBA shall include beekeepers who keep bees as a hobby or as a commercial enterprise, pollinators, and suppliers of bees and beekeeping equipment. Active members may be individual or family owning one or more hives, paying annual dues to the CCBA as well as dues to the Florida State Beekeepers Association (FSBA). Active membership shall entitle the member(s) to regular announcements, newsletters, and all other activities sponsored by the organization. Active members shall have all voting privileges.Honorary Membership:Honorary member nominees shall be presented along with their qualifications for consideration to the organization at any regular business meeting and then voted on by the membership present at the following business meeting. Election shall require a favorable vote by seventy-five percent (75%) of the active members present.Life Membership:Any active member or anyone eligible for active membership may become a life member of the CCBA by donating one 10-frame colony of bees to the association’s apiary, subject to inspection and acceptance by the Apiary Committee.

Your gift to Charlie Hill Apiary supports the Collier County Beekeeping Association’s work to protect honey bees and teach future generations how to do the same. 🐝Together, we provide education for new and experienced beekeepers, host hands-on workshops, and share bee-safe practices with our community.Every donation helps us care for local hives and keep Collier County buzzing with healthy pollinators. 🌼

Join the Collier County Beekeeping Association 🐝Your membership helps support our club. We in-turn support each other, our community, and future generations. Our club has monthly in-person meetings that include: Door Prizes - Free raffle for beekeeping related product. Free homemade snacks.Learn basic and advanced beekeeping skills.Learn how to make beekeeping products from honey, beeswax, and propolis.Connections with new and experienced beekeepers.Hands-on workshops.As a member, you can:Join the mentor program and become a mentee or mentor.Take our Beekeeping 101 crash course.Join us in our meetings and in the club "Charlie Hill Apiary".Vote for new leadership.Become a Committee Chairperson or serve on a Committee. As a member, you can also take part in our outreach program:Inform the community that there is a local beekeeping clubEducate the community about bees, beekeeping, and best practices.Ultimately help protect and save bees from the uninformed🌼