About Membership & Insurance

Membership:

If you are a new BC Honey Producers’ Association member, then welcome to our community!  If you are a returning member, then welcome back.
Here are a few things you need to know about memberships:
    1. Annual Membership runs from January 1 to December 31.
    2. Membership is open to all BC beekeepers but you must be a BC resident of BC to run for office or vote.
    3. Membership benefits the hundreds of beekeepers in the province allowing us to work together in community and stay current on information on hive health, the state of the industry, and best practices. Your membership helps to fund programs, research, our membership in the Canadian Honey Council, our quarterly magazine, and semi-annual meetings. The BCHPA is a non-profit organization and is mainly supported through volunteer work.
    4. Membership includes a one-year subscription to two quarterly publications: BeesCene Magazine, with up-to-date information, advertising opportunities, advance notification of workshops and events, and Hive Lights, the Canadian Honey Council publication. You do not need to subscribe, these will be mailed to you directly.
    5. Advocacy
      1. BCHPA is the representative of all beekeepers in BC
      2. Regular communication with Provincial Apiarist and Minister of Agriculture regarding Bee Act and other issues impacting beekeepers.
      3. Ongoing government and media relations
      4. The BCHPA is a proud member of and provides financial support to the Canadian Honey Council, working on our behalf to advocate beekeeping at the federal level.
    6. Insurance: The BCHPA offers a Liability Insurance Policy, the only one-of-its-kind available in the province. By pooling our membership, we can offer this comprehensive liability insurance as well as forest fire fighting expense endorsements for a fraction of what it would cost individuals on their own.
    7. Members may attend the business/information days of the BCHPA Annual General Meeting and the semi-annual meeting in March without charge (meals not included).
    8. Members receive discounted rates for our two annual conferences.
    9. Educational Opportunites:
      1. Symposiums and workshops to exchange ideas and experience plus comprehensive workshop publications;
      2. Participation in national sustainability issues.
      3. Training in specialty areas such as queen rearing and integrated pest management;
      4. Website providing valuable links to programs, materials, technical papers, advertising, educational resources and marketing information;
      5. Organized collaborations of beekeepers to prepare instructional materials for new beekeepers;
      6. Annual conferences which include high calibre guest speakers of international acclaim;
      7. Support for bee research through the Boone Hodgson Wilkinson Foundation and other projects.
      8. Collaboration with Small Scale Food Processors on food safety issues;
      9. Support for Pollinators, Bee Breeders and Growers.
      10. If you are also a member of a Branch of the BCHPA, your club may be eligible for a membership rebate to support your local organization.
      11. As a member, you have access to our Tech Transfer Program and the support it offers.
      12. The BCHPA offers certification for instructors for Beginner Beekeeping.

Insurance Options:

BC Honey Producers Association Comprehensive General Liability Insurance
Co-Operators General Insurance Company developed this policy exclusively for the members of the BC Honey Producers Association through our insurance agent.
This inexpensive group plan was designed specifically to provide liability coverage for honey producing operations where coverage would normally be excluded under the farm liability or any personal liability. Besides the normal coverage that the standard Comprehensive General Liability, Farm Liability or Personal liability policy provides, this certificate covers the commercial aspect of honey producing operations which might result in personal injury or property damage to a third party due to negligence and includes such coverage as Fungi & Fungi Derivatives, Forest Fire Fighting Expense and Vendors Liability. This policy does not cover operations in the United States.
NOTE:  This General Liability Insurance does NOT cover BCHPA Instructors or Errors and Omissions.
The cost to the BCHPA member is $105.00
Liability Coverage:
Bodily Injury & Property Damage                                         $5,000,000
Annual Aggregate on Products & Completed Operations     $5,000,000
Personal Injury                                                                 $5,000,000
Medical Expenses                                                               $5,000
Tenants Legal Liability                                                        $1,000,000
Fungi & Fungi Derivatives Limited Liability                                $250,000
Non Owned Automobile                                                         $3,000,000
SEF #94 Damage to Hired Automobiles                                  $50,000
Employee Benefits Errors & Omissions                                 $3,000,000
Advertising Injury Liability Endorsement                             $100,000
Annual Aggregate On Advertising Injury Liability               $100,000
Forest Fire Fighting Expenses Endorsement                           $50,000
Vendor’s Liability Extension                                                 Included
Deductibles:
Bodily Injury & Property Damage-Each Occurrence                $2,500
Damage to Hired Automobile-Each Occurrence                       $500
Tenants Legal Liability                                                               $500
Employee Benefits Error & Omissions-Each Claim                 $1,000
Forest Fire Fighting Expenses Endorsement                           $1,000
This insurance policy is on a yearly basis from January 1st to December 31st.
Endorsements/Special Exclusions
This policy excludes all claims arising out of “bodily injury” or “property damage” caused by apitherapy or medical treatment using bees.
Forest Fire Fighting Expenses Endorsement:  If you are moving your hives into the forests to take advantage of the fireweed and other mountain vegetation you should invest another $105.00 to have a $1 million extra rider for the Forest Fire Fighting Expenses Endorsement or $136.00 for $2 million.
Membership and Insurance can be purchased on-line or by mail.
By mail, please CLICK HERE to download, print and mail.
Online – Click Here to Purchase or Renew Your Membership On-line!
Privacy Policy: Contact & membership information will not be shared with anyone outside our association.  BCHPA Branches will be given access to this information.
If you have any questions about membership, please contact our executive at: secretary@bchoneyproducers.ca

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