Available Dates
Sat 1st and Sun 2nd March 2025
Sat 12th and Sun 13th April 2025
Sat 14th and Sun 15th June 2025
Sat 12th and Sun 13th July 2025
Sat 27th and Sun 28th September 2025
Programme
Two days 9.30am - 4.30pm
1. Introduction to bees and other pollinators. Learn about pollination, its importance and the role of the honeybees and other pollinators.
2. The honeybee. Find out about the fascinating biology and behaviour of the honeybee.
3. What is involved in keeping honeybees. Consider what equipment and space is needed to keep bees and the regular and seasonal activities involved.
4. Products of the beehive. Hear how to harvest and process the bounty from the hive and sample different kinds of honey.
5. A look inside a hive. Take a look inside a working beehive, see the colony structure; nest and honey stores and see how to identify the queen bee, workers and drones.
6. Hive and Frame assembly: Guiding, via demonstration, each student to assemble their own cedar hive and frames which they take home
This course includes the cost of the hive comprising: Open mesh floor with entrance block. Standard brood box with 11 hoffman frames and 11 sheets of bs deep wired foundation. Two super boxes, one with 11 hoffman frames and 11 sheets of bs shallow wired foundation. Plastic queen excluder. Crown-board with two plastic porter bee escapes. 4” flat roof.
What to Expect
An informative, practical and enjoyable 2 days learning all about honeybees and how to build a cedar national beehive and frames.
Where the bees and the weather allow, this day will include an inspection of a hive. A bee-suit will be provided.
What to Bring
Please bring a packed lunch. Refreshments will be provided, including a homemade cake.
Parking is available at the entrance to our farm and our training room is just a short walk down our track.
Bring yourself, confirmation of your booking, a notebook and any questions you may have.
Bring gloves (washing-up type gloves are fine) and wellies/boots for the visit to the apiary.
Please arrive 15 mins before the start of the course for a prompt start
Cancellation Policy:
To ensure all attendees get the best experience from their training we only run our courses in small groups.
We therefore must operate with a strict cancellation policy: Refunds (or booking transfers) are not given for cancellations made within 2 weeks of the course. If a cancellation is made with more than 2 weeks notice but within 6 weeks of the course date, then we will try to re-sell your tickets, if we are successful then a refund will be issued for the full amount less a £10 administration fee. If a cancellation is made with more than 6 weeks notice, then a full refund will be issued.
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