The British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA) is a federation: it doesn't sign up individual members directly in most of England and Wales — you join through one of dozens of local and county associations, which in turn affiliate to the national body (or, in Scotland and Northern Ireland, to the SBA and UBKA respectively). This hex-map groups those associations into nine broad UK regions and shows the golden BBKA/national beacon feeding benefits down to each region's local branches.
A typical BBKA-affiliated local association membership bundles third-party and bee disease insurance, discounted training toward the BBKA's modular exam system, an apiary to practise in with mentors on hand, and a subscription to BBKA News — benefits that are very difficult to replicate as an unaffiliated, solo beekeeper.
A glowing golden beacon standing in for the BBKA feeds membership benefits out along animated arcs to nine hex-mapped UK regions, each holding its own cluster of local beekeeping associations.
Joining a UK beekeeping association is really joining a federation: local branches feed up to national bodies like the BBKA, and benefits — insurance, training, apiary access, advocacy — flow back down through that same structure.
Pick a region to fly the camera to it and see its branch count and estimated membership, switch which benefit the pulses represent, and adjust active membership and pulse speed to see the network respond.
Most BBKA membership benefits — third-party and disease insurance, discounted training toward the modular exam system, apiary access with mentors — only exist because members join through a local association, not the national body directly.