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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.

£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...
£250
Treatment free beekeeping in horizontal hives Leo Sharashkin
Treatment free beekeeping in horizontal hives Leo Sharashkin
Gwent
Two day Course on treatment free beekeeping in horizontal hives with Dr Leo Sharashkin of Missouri, USA. Times: 9am to 5.30pm on Saturday 16, and 9am to 4pm on Sunday 17 June 2018. Venue: Shire Hall, Monmouth. Opposite Bees for Development Head Office, Monmouth. The Course will cover all aspects of the natural beekeeping approach, including: How bees live in nature and how to respect their ways in your apiary. Natural and less intensive management...
£95
Straw Skep Hive Making Course - with Bees for Development
Straw Skep Hive Making Course - with Bees for Development
Herefordshire - Next course on 9th February 2019
Please note: Our 9 February 2019 Course date is fully booked. 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.
£198
Beginning Your Beekeeping - Two Day Beginners Course
Beginning Your Beekeeping - Two Day Beginners Course
East Sussex - Next course on 16th March 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
Willow Skep Hive (Alveari) Making - with Bees for Development
Willow Skep Hive (Alveari) Making - with Bees for Development
Herefordshire - Next course on 10th March 2019
This is a new one day Course, where expert Chris Park will teach you how to weave a wicker skep, and how to cover it with cloom.  During the day all aspects of beekeeping in skeps, ancient and modern will be discussed.
£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...
£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...
£95
An Introduction to Skep Beekeeping - with Bees for Development
An Introduction to Skep Beekeeping - with Bees for Development
Gloucestershire - Next course on 18th May 2019
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...
£40
Bee Experience
Bee Experience
Lancashire
On the Bee Experience, a highly qualified beekeeper will give a short briefing and after checking that your beesuit is safely zipped up and supplying you with suitable gloves you will learn how to light the smoker and the importance of this vital piece of beekeeping equipment, you will then enter the apiary and meet the bees. An audience usually gathers inside the bee centre to watch through the viewing windows and listen to the...