Fulfilment Letter - A

This letter above corresponds to the letter you will have been given when you register for a Swarm from our Swarm Co-ordinator. As your fulfillment letter approaches, please make sure you have your equipment ready for accepting the swarm, or it goes to the next one on the list.

Getting on the Swarm List

    During the swarming season we collect swarms reported to us by members of the public, and these are available at a small cost to our beginners and members. We have a procedure for this, but in a nutshell you will need to complete this form (see link below), and then send it to our Swarm Administrator, Andy Peet on 07854 207632. All of the information you need can be found on the form.


We make a charge of £10 (which is paid into branch funds) if you are able and competent safely to collect a swarm yourself, or £20 if you would like an established swarm collector to recover the swarm for you. If you choose this option you will need to make arrangements with the swarm collector to pick up the swarm from them. If you are a beginner, you will also need to include a fee to upgrade to full membership, and of course you will need to have your hive and all other appropriate equipment ready to house and manage your new colony. You will need to pay your money into the branch bank account as soon as you receive your swarm


Click here for the Swarm procedure

Click here for the Swarm Application form 2025 - Please wait until the current year's form is published, usually in March or early April. Please do not send a form for a previous year.


We usually have a waiting list for swarms, so as soon as your request form is received you will receive an email confirming receipt of your form, and an alphabetic character which indicates where you are in the waiting list when compared with the regularly updated “Next Recipient” character published in the green box above. So for example, if the “Next Recipient” character is F and your character is G or H, then you know you may get a phone call soon. When this stage is reached, you must be as easy to contact as possible. If you cannot be contacted when a swarm is available, it will go to the next person on the list. At busy times, we sometimes have more than one swarm at a time, and several have been known to turn up in a day, so bear this in mind if your character is getting close.