BEGINNERS 2 SEASON BEEKEEPING COURSE 2022

COVID-19 regulations may mean that we have to accommodate fewer students in our lecture room. In this instance we will run classes via Zoom meetings. All course material will be available online, to download and print for each class or should students be unable to attend a class due to isolation at any time. The course will continue online should further COVID-19 restrictions be necessary.

Term 1 – starting Mon 17 January 2022 and continuing alternate Mondays. (6 lectures plus a practical hive building session.) These classroom-based sessions will cover all you need to know to keep bees safely and well, from choosing an apiary site and equipment to the natural history of honeybees and how to recognise pests and diseases. The half-day practical hive building session will cover the assembly of flat pack hive components.

Term 2 – starting week beginning To be confirmed 2022 (8 practical sessions on a weekly basis, weather dependent).

You will learn how to inspect and care for bees under the supervision of an experienced and knowledgeable beekeeper. The Association endeavours to supply each student with a small colony of bees to work with, but this supply cannot be guaranteed. At the end of this term when the colony has increased in size, you will have the opportunity to buy the colony of bees, transfer them to your own hive and take them home. (Subject to availability).

Review of Course 1^st Season and Q&A session Monday TBC 2022 (1 session)

Term 3 – starting Mon TBC 2023 and continuing on alternate Mondays or Tuesdays.