Description

Easy Buzzing Bee Course *Midrand Venue*

Beginner’s beekeeping course for new beekeepers and hobbyists.
We run a bee course for beginners on a Saturday for a full day. Learners that do not have bee suits or jackets of their own MUST hire one of ours for the day and this is not included in the course fee.

Hire of a bee suit or jacket for the bee course is R100 extra for the day.

This Bee Course includes:

• Theory on beekeeping equipment
• planning apiaries
• harvesting honey
• keeping bees
• Bee tools you must have
• The bee tools you don’t need – yet!
• much more

Lunch is included!

We discover tons about beekeeping with you on the day!

• We discuss and describe the bee tools you must have and WHY!
• Where and how to place your bees
• What is different with the bees in your hive?
• How does it work getting the bees to calm down?
• Why work at night versus during the day?
• How much honey can I get from the bees?
• What is feeding the bees about?

After lunch, we get into the bee hive together! Come on tour inside working bee colonies!

• Who’s who in the hive? Queen bee, worker bee and drone bees!
• What makes a cell look different and why?
• How to place frames to avoid confusing the bees?
• What does a egg cell versus pollen cell look like?
• How do I tell when honey is RIPE for harvesting so your honey doesn’t ferment and go to waste?!
• We discuss loads more on the live Hive inspection together!

Come start beekeeping with Bee Ware as we have 17 years of Bee Training Experience!

We provide lunch.

After lunch:
Everyone puts their bee suits or jackets on before we start working with bees in three colonies on-site at the venue.
Get involved as a hobbyist or begin a road to commercial bee farming, either way, you need to get more knowledge and hands-on experience. It’s like a test drive before you buy!

For a full breakdown of the beginner beekeeping course please see the bee course outline below.
The full-day beekeeping course includes a practical demonstration of working a beehive as well as a theory about beekeeping.
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Beekeeping can be fun. Some people do it for leisure and free honey and others do it professionally. Either way, it’s still a great way to get outdoors, meet people and get closer to nature. Our beekeeping course includes an estimated 90-120 minutes inspecting a live hive.
It will be for a FULL Day. Starting at 8h30 until late in the afternoon. We will focus on as much hands-on theory as possible with at least an hour session of practical work at a hive.

The PRACTICAL BeeKeeping demo includes each learner removing a frame from a live beehive and inspecting it. A search for the queen bee and description of comb, drone cells, larvae, eggs and internal workings of the hive. All learners participate in practical exercises with a live beehive.
We will be charging R995 for the course which includes the facilitation and tea and biscuits at the site. Please be sure you purchase the necessary equipment such as a bee suit and gloves before coming to the workshop.

Or you can rent a bee suit and gloves for the day for an additional R100pp.

A minimum of 6 candidates is required to run the beekeeping course so be sure to bring a friend!

For online Bee Academy, visit www.startbeekeeping.co.za to get bee videos, access to a private Facebook group and more