Beekeeping: A Basic Introduction for Aspiring Beekeepers

What you’ll learn

The many wonderful benefits of bees and beekeeping and why you should consider becoming a beekeeper
The requirements needed to become a beekeeper
The challenges involved in starting any new activity or hobby and how to overcome them
The basic equipment you will need to start beekeeping and basic costs involved
What it is like to inspect a hive of bees

Requirements

No – just an interest in bees or in starting beekeeping

Description

Are you interested in bees? Have you ever considered becoming a beekeeper? This short course will introduce you to the subject and the key reasons why you should actually become a beekeeper. You will learn a little bit about honeybees and the basic equipment needed to start and the basic costs. You will get a taster of what beekeeping is like as you watch the instructor open and inspect a colony of live bees.

Who this course is for:

Non beekeepers who are curious about bees and beekeeping
Absolute beginners who have an interest in starting beekeeping as activity but have no idea where to start
Anyone interesting in exploring beekeeping as a possible new, interesting and all absorbing and educational activity
Anyone generally interested in the natural world and curious about bees