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Beekeeping courses

Beekeeping courses, classes and workshops taught across the UK. A healthy bee population is essential to human survival - we totally rely on them to pollinate our crops and keep the cycle of life going. You can learn from an apiarist or beekeeper and understand how to maintain bees to promote productive hives and plenty of honey. You can learn to keep beehives in farmed countryside, woodlands and urban back gardens (or rooftops!). Learn how to set up an apiary, identify different members of the hive, what equipment you'll need, beekeeping terminology, the life cycle of the bee, the bee calendar, bee diseases to watch out for and Queen-Rearing.

£40
Introduction to Sustainable Beekeeping
Introduction to Sustainable Beekeeping
East Sussex - Next course on 30th March 2019
Would you like to know how to keep bees sustainably, on a small scale? Many people would like a colony of honeybees in their garden, and on this course I will show you how a hive works, and how to keep your bees happy and healthy with minimal intervention. Topics covered include: What type of hive Where to site your hive Overview of sustainable management Swarming Equipment needed Costs involved Plants for your bees There...
£40
Refresher/Intermediate Sustainable Beekeeping
Refresher/Intermediate Sustainable Beekeeping
East Sussex - Next course on 23rd March 2019
This is designed for people who have either attended the Introductory course and would like more information, or those who already keep bees and need to understand more advanced management techniques and methods, but within the ethical/sustainable framework This course is also aimed at those who have been keeping bees conventionally but would like to understand a more bee-centred approach. There will be an assumption that you are familiar with beekeeping principles and terminology, but...
£98
A Beekeeping Experience Day Course
A Beekeeping Experience Day Course
East Sussex - Next course on 30th March 2019
A One Day Beekeeping Experience A great experience for anyone interested in Bees, or considering taking up Beekeeping. You will learn in a small group all about this cherished insect, getting the opportunity to see inside a working Beehive. Taking home; a certificate, a pound of honey, a bee related gift and notes about the honey bee. Course Programme: Saturday 9.30am - 4.30pm 1. Introduction to Bees Learn all about these incredible creatures; the different...
£55
Basic Beekeeping
Basic Beekeeping
Shropshire - Next course on 25th May 2019
Basic Beekeeping at Acton Scott Historic Working Farm. An informal but comprehensive introduction to beekeeping, including a brief history of the honeybee and similar insects, and their use in the garden and agriculture. Course participants will gain an understanding of the bee’s lifestyle, individual duties and contribution to the colony’s life and development. You will learn how to identify the Queen, worker and male drone bee before selecting equipment and suitable locations for hives. General...
£195
Sustainable Beekeeping Weekend Course - with Bees for Development
Sustainable Beekeeping Weekend Course - with Bees for Development
Gloucestershire - Next course on 6th April 2019
How can we ensure the survival of honey bees? This weekend Course on sustainable beekeeping is run by Bees for Development at Ragman's Lane Permaculture Farm, in the Wye Valley.  The Course covers the management of bees, and natural ways to take care of them. Course content: Meet the bees - a hands-on look at honey bee colonies housed in different hives The natural life-cycle of honey bees - bee biology and ecology Being a...
£198
Beginning Your Beekeeping - Two Day Beginners Course
Beginning Your Beekeeping - Two Day Beginners Course
East Sussex - Next course on 12th April 2019
An intensive course to get you started, explaining all about the honey bee, helping you choose your hive and equipment, how and where to set up your apiary, the bees management and pests and diseases. Not forgetting when and how to extract that lovely honey. An informal couple of days spent with others interested in beekeeping. A wealth of information from a highly experienced beekeeper and a chance to see the different equipment available, along...
£95
Straw Skep Hive Making Course - with Bees for Development
Straw Skep Hive Making Course - with Bees for Development
Herefordshire - Next course on 15th June 2019
Learn how to make a lip-work straw skep.  You will make your skep from a long straw wheat with cane lapping. The Course tutor, Chris Park, will explain how to split bramble and willow as needed. You will be able to make about one third of your skep during the day, and take home the skills, tools, and materials to finish off at home.
£125
'Beekeeper for a Day' Gift Experience
'Beekeeper for a Day' Gift Experience
Lincolnshire - Next course on 6th April 2019
Treat a loved one to a unique beekeeping experience day! You will receive a gift set which explains how the recipient can select the experience day dates available, beautifully presented in our artisan gift box tied with Bees for Business ribbon. Awarded the Green Tourism gold award, join us on our organic farm, for a unique, up-close and personal tour of our honeybees and a day in the life of a beekeeper... Our experience days...
£305
An Introduction to Beekeeping at The Kingcombe Centre
An Introduction to Beekeeping at The Kingcombe Centre
Dorset - Next course on 12th April 2019
Learn the rudiments of this all-absorbing craft and how to nurture an insect that is crucial to us and our planet. Led by Caroline Dilke. Have you always wanted to keep bees? This course offers a no-nonsense way in to a fascinating craft, nurturing an insect that is crucial to us and our planet. People have collected honey for millennia and kept bees for hundreds of years. Fifty years ago, all you needed was a...
£95
An Introduction to Skep Beekeeping - with Bees for Development
An Introduction to Skep Beekeeping - with Bees for Development
Gloucestershire
Learn why, where and how it might be done. A concise, one day course on the art of skep beekeeping. Participants will learn about the history of skeps, referencing some of the old master skeppists, their varying styles of skeps and systems of management. The course will include hands on sessions with artefacts and tools and techniques. Mysteries will be be revealed concerning different shelters, floors and stands; spleets, snecks and garts; bennets, laps and...