Bee-Keeping
Bee-Keeping
This bee-keeping course will teach you how to keep and care for bees in a more natural and sustainable way.
Over the course of the day you will:
- Meet the bees: a hands on introduction to our bee colonies.
- Learn about the natural lifecycle of honey bees: basic bee biology and ecology.
- Being a beekeeper: how to keep bees healthy, manage and feed your bees, prevent disease and harvest honey and beeswax.
- Find out about maintaining a sustainable relationship between bees, people and the environment.
- Understand and learn how to choose the perfect beehive for you and your bees.
This course is perfect for non-beekeepers with plenty of practical experience in the Humble by Nature apiary.
What you'll learn
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Getting to know the basics
Learn about different types of bees and specifically the honey bee. Learn about the biology and types of honey bee in a colony and how colonies work. Discover how to meet the bees safely and look at basic kit for handling bees.
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Being a beekeeper throughout the year
Find out how to get bees and what kind of hive to keep them in. Learn about the colony lifecycle, harvesting honey and a floral calendar.
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Get suited and booted
Time to don your bee suit (you will need to bring your own bee suit or bee jacket) and meet your first set of bees. Learn how to inspect the bees from the outside, open the hive, recognise the different types of bee and what they are doing in the hive.
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Q&A
The course will finish with with tea and cake and the opportunity to ask any further questions.
Testimonials..
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A very informative day, I didn't realise I could learn so much about bees in a day! Thank you to both teachers who made it very enjoyable.
Catrin -
What a truly fantastic day! I was hooked. I've never learnt so much in a day... and what a beautiful setting.
Helen -
Brilliant! Thanks, will be back for another course.
Phillip and Carol
Availability
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The Essentials
The Bee-Keeping course will run from 10am until 4pm and includes a delicious farm lunch.
This course has classroom time and hands-on time in our apiary.
You will need to bring your own bee suit or bee jacket. Bee jackets can be purchased from Bees for Development.
You can handle the bees as much or as little as you would like.
Please check the weather for NP25 and dress appropriately, including:
– Weather proof clothing.
– Waterproof boots or wellies.
Your instructor for the day..
Bees for Development's main work is assisting beekeepers living in poor and remote areas of the world - lifting them…