Beekeeping Associations
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
SABIO: South African Bee Industry Organisation
Legal status: NPC (Non Profit Company) registration number 2016/038841/08.
Address: PO BOX 15895, SINOVILLE, Pretoria, 0129.
Contact: Dr Adriaan du Toit (Chairman SABIO Board of Directors) email: adriaandt@sabio.org.za
Accountants: Willems & Van der Westhuizen Financial and Business Solutions.
National Government Industry representative body with DAFF as functional Department.
Country member and national representative Apimondia, International Bee Industry Body.
REGIONAL / LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS
Eastern Highveld Beekeepers’ Association
Chairman: Capie du Toit, East Rand, Gauteng
Cell: 072 368 0476, E-mail: capie@absamail.co.za
Knysna Beekeepers Association
Co-ordinator: Owen WIlliams, Knysna Garden route
Tel: 078 724 6425, E-mail: honeychildhoney2@gmail.com
Kwa-Zulu Natal Bee Farmers Association
Chairman: Mr Roland Moore, Kwa-Zulu Natal
Cell: 083 552 3284, E-mail: chairman@kznbeefarmersassociation.co.za
Mpumalanga Beekeeping Interest Group
Co-ordinator: Inge Austin, Nelspruit, Mpumalanga
Cell: 082 821 5011, E-mail: inge@thebeegerpicture.co.za
Northern Cape Bee Group
Co-ordinator: Douglas Bee Farms, Douglas, Northern Cape
Tel: 053 298 1101, E-mail: dbf@vodamail.co.za
Northerns Beekeepers’ Association
Communications: Riekie van den Berg, Pretoria, Gauteng
Cell: 082 972 1889, E-mail: justrie@mweb.co.za
Eastern Cape Interest group
Co-ordinator: Sonja Miller, Port Elizabeth, Eastern cape
E-mail: sonja@keeperskeep.co.za
Southern Cape Bee Industry Association
Contact Person: Hannes Van Zyl, George, Southern Cape
Cell: 082 922 6756, Email: suidkaapbye@gmail.com
Southerns Beekeeping Association
Chairman: Len Boucher, Johannesburg, Gauteng
Cell 081 209 5384, E-mail: len@beemovals.co.za or info@beekeepers.co.za
Western Cape Bee Industry Association
Chairman: Brendan Ashley-Cooper, Cape Town, Western Cape
E-mail: info@wkbv.co.za
Editorial Board SABJ
Robin Crewe (Editor), Christian Perk
E-mail: SABJeditor@gmail.com
Mpuma Koloni Bee Association
Secretary: Sisiphiwo Dingana, Mthatha, Eastern Cape
Cell: 078 145 8402. Email: dsisiphiwo@gmail.com or info.mkba@gmail.com
Associations arrange Field Days for Members to gain more experience in beekeeping – working on a Top-bar hive.
