The Course is intended to be the first step for anyone who wants to find out more about Beekeeping or thinking of taking it up as a hobby.

Beekeeping Beginners Course 2024

Coventry Beekeepers will be running a two day introductory course for “Beginners to Beekeeping”. The Course is intended to be the first step for anyone who wants to find out more about Beekeeping or is thinking of taking it up as a hobby.

Dave Bonner, the course tutor, says that “Anyone who wants to find out more about Beekeeping and what is involved would benefit from the course. There is a general view that you get a hive of bees, put it in the garden and harvest the honey. The reality is not quite like that.”

The course will cover

Bee behaviour, Swarm control, Queen rearing.How to keep bees healthy and how to identify Bee Diseases.Honey – how to harvest it, process it and the law with respect to selling it.The equipment needed and where that can be bought.How to choose an apiary site.How to get involved, joining associations, getting your first bees.

An opportunity to put on a beesuit and handle bees at the Coventry Branch Apiary will also be offered at a later date (when it is warmer!).

Description supplied by the event organiser.