Beekeeping Course - West Sussex Beekeepers (Wisborough Green Division)
Suitable for Beginners, Improvers, and Non - Beekeepers
Location: Village Hall, Lower Street, Pulborough, West Sussex RH20 2BF
Saturday 21st March 2009. Assemble from 9.00 a.m. for 9.30-5.00 p.m.
The course will be suitable for those who would like to discover what is involved in keeping bees, but will also be suitable for those who have kept bees for some time. It will largely follow the syllabus of the BBKA Basic Exam, but with variations.
Subjects covered will include:
- How to learn about bees
- Different kinds of bees
- How bees live naturally and how we can manage them
- What bees collect – nectar, pollen, propolis, water
- How bees store the crop
- The 3 castes, queen, drones, and workers.
- What happens in a beehive and where
- How to start
- The Wisborough Green Beginners Package
- Choosing the type of hive and why
- Siting hives
- Essential equipment
- Protective clothing
- Handling bees
- Colony Management
- Swarming
- Making increase
- Dealing with the crop
- Feeding
- The colony in winter
Course fee £25 (£15 for under-16s) per head to include lunch, refreshments, and a booklet "Basic Beekeeping”
One free place for the organiser of a party of 10 or more as one booking.
Enquiries: Roger Patterson. Tel. 01403 790 637 or 07976 306 492
Booking: Andrew Riley, 3 Blakes Road, Felpham, West Sussex, PO22 7EB. Tel. 01243 823333 or 07917 101 386
Cheques payable to WSBKA Wisborough Green Div..
Visit us at www.wgbka.org.uk
Prepare yourself for the coming season – now
Directions to Pulborough Village Hall
Pulborough Village Hall is off Lower Street. Turn down next to the Oddfellows Arms, right to the bottom and turn right into the car park. If this is full then use the main car park immediately before it. To avoid paying parking you will need to get a parking disc from local shops.
