Bees for Development

Contact Name: Cyrene Powell

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1 Agincourt Street
Monmouth
Monmouthshire
NP25 3DZ

Bees for Development

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Bees for Development's Courses

Bees for Development Strengthening Livelihoods Course

Bees for Development Strengthening Livelihoods Course

This one-day Course is designed for people or organisations with an interest in using beekeeping and honey and beeswax trade to alleviate poverty. This is not a hands-on course about bees. We cover the different species of bees that are utilised world-wide, and introduce a range of topics including: Apiculture in developing countries and how it can be best utilised to build resilient tlivelihoods; Problems faced by beekeepers in financially poor countries; Appropriate and sustainable - issues of technology choice; The important issues of honey marketing and trade; Case studies:...

Bees for Development sustainable beekeeping course

Bees for Development sustainable beekeeping course

Gloucestershire - Next course on 19th September 2020

How can we ensure the survival of honey bees? This is Bees for Development's Sustainable Beekeeping Course, a weekend Course held at Ragman's Lane Permaculture Farm in the Wye Valley, Gloucestershire. 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 - honey bee biology and ecology Being a beekeeper - what does keeping bees really mean? The relationship between bees and...

Introduction to Skep Beekeeping - with Bees for Development

Introduction to Skep Beekeeping - with Bees for Development

Gloucestershire - Next course on 9th August 2020

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 litches and more. We will discuss best practice, harvest and health, enjoying indoor theory and...

Skep Hackles and Floors course - with Bees for Development

Skep Hackles and Floors course - with Bees for Development

Herefordshire - Next course on 23rd August 2020

This brand new one day course will provide you with the history and expert instruction in making classic hackle and floors for your skeps. During the day all aspects of beekeeping in skeps, ancient and modern will be discussed, as you make your hackle and floor. You will take away a floor and hackle.

Straw skep hive making course - with Bees for Development

Straw skep hive making course - with Bees for Development

Herefordshire - Next course on 19th April 2020

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.

Treatment free beekeeping in horizontal hives - Leo Sharashkin

Treatment free beekeeping in horizontal hives - Leo Sharashkin

Monmouthshire - Next course on 31st October 2020

Natural beekeeping that works: A unique weekend on natural, treatment free beekeeping in horizontal hives with Dr Leo Sharashkin of Missouri, USA You can attend either or both days - £78 per day. Day one: Natural beekeeping that works We discuss how honey bees live in the wild and how we can mimic their ways in our managed hives. We cover the main pillars of natural beekeeping, and how these can be beneficially applied in any apiary. We talk about the importance of using local honey bees and the keys...

Willow skep hive (Alveari) making - with Bees for Development

Willow skep hive (Alveari) making - with Bees for Development

Monmouthshire - Next course on 26th July 2020

Learn how to make a willow skep, 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.