AN INTRODUCTION TO BEEKEEPING COURSE

GUERNSEY BEEKEEPERS’ ASSOCIATION

INTRODUCTION TO BEEKEEPING

  Starting March 2025.

A course of Five Theory Sessions and Five Practical Sessions

 Five Theory Sessions

Lesson 1

Introductions

Taking up Beekeeping

Honey bees, wasps, solitary bee's, Bumble bees

The Importance of beekeeping 

The Honeybee colony it's makeup and division of labour

Life in the Hive

Lesson 2

The hive types used in Guernsey

Beekeeping Equipment, Beekeeping Tools and Personal Protection

Hives and their assembly, important points to watch

Lesson 3

The Beekeepers Year-explanation of the care of your bees through one season

Honey Bee parasites

Honeybee diseases

Lesson 4

Swarming Prevention and Swarm collection

Preparing Bees for winter

Lesson 5

Choosing a location and Siting your hive

Products of the hive: Honey, Beeswax, Propolis, Mead

Benefits of belonging to the Association.

Arrangements for Practical Sessions

Five Practical Sessions

Held on a Saturday at the GSPCA HQ St Andrews.

Session 1

Kitting up.

Use of smoker and tools

Introduction to a bee hive

Session 2

Students open the hives

Session 3

Students open the hives

Session 4

Finding the Queen

Marking the Queen

Swarm prevention

Session 5

Removing the honey crop. Honey Extraction, Beeswax

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