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.

Basic Beekeeping - one day course - Shropshire

£55

Next course on 29th July 2017

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...

Bees for Development Sustainable Beekeeping Course - Gloucestershire

£195

Next course on 23rd September 2017

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...

Making straw skeps. - Gloucestershire

£95

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.

Introduction to Sustainable Beekeeping - East Sussex

£30

Next course on 20th September 2017

***SUSTAINABLE BEEKEEPING COURSE*** 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...

Weaving wicker skeps - Herefordshire

£95

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.

Beekeeping Course - Shropshire

£325

Courses run monthly in the summer from Saturday to Sunday, 10 am to 4.30 pm. For course availability please get in touch. Deposit to reserve a place - £50 per person. (Balance 6 weeks before course.) The tutor The course tutor is Charles Millar. Having escaped the corporate world he is now a freelance management consultant and apostle for the joys of beekeeping.. He has been keeping bees with great enthusiasm for 12 years., and...

Beekeeping for beginners - Suffolk

£90

Next course on 18th February 2018

Beekeeping for Beginners Tutor: Simon Cousins - bees This course is an introduction to the subject of beekeeping with Simon Cousins, a humourous and well-informed expert. The emphasis is on the practical aspects of bee-keeping and is designed for beginners. We will have a look at some beehives but not the inhabitants on this occasion. Students will learn how to set up an apiary, what equipment to buy, the terminology, life cycle of the bee,...

Beekeeping for beginners - theory and explanation - Suffolk

£90

This one day course will give you an idea of whether you want to keep bees or not. Simon the tutor will tell you everything you need to know to make up your mind.

Beekeeping for Beginners Intensive Weekend - National Beekeeping Centre Wales - Gwynedd

£145

Beekeeping for Beginners – Intensive Weekend Saturday and Sunday, 9.30am - 5pm both days Do you want to find out more about these fascinating creatures? Do you think that one day you would like to keep Bees, but don’t know where to start? Then why not find out all the basics you will need to know about them on the National Beekeeping Wales’s “Beekeeping for Beginners Intensive Weekend”? At just £145 this course will be...

Beekeeping in top-bar hives, Course for improvers, with Phil Chandler - Gloucestershire

£84

Phil Chandler is the well-known champion of top-bar hive beekeeping. In this new BfD Course, Phil will provide advice for beekeepers who are already using top-bar hives and would like to learn more.  Phil is highly experienced in looking after bees in top-bar hives, and will provide all the newest ideas for successful, treatment-free beekeeping in top-bar hives. 9.00am - 4pm. 

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