BEEKEEPING - INTRODUCTORY COURSE 

Are your fruit trees not yielding sufficient fruit? Is your garden short of bees? Do you want to contribute to the environment by having a bee hive in your back yard? Then come along to this introductory course which will cover basic beekeeping skills from building a hive from kitset to managing a hive and recognition of diseases and how to treat them.  This 6 week course consists of week one an orientation night and taking a look at the equipment used in Beekeeping.  Week 2  is a practical night making up bee boxes and frames when students will need to bring a battery drill with a square drive bit and a hammer.  Following on from this will be 2 sessions on disease recognition.  

There will be two field trips to work live hives, plus a night on products of the hive and candle making with beeswax.  You do not need a bee suit for the field trips but if you have one then please bring it with you.  Field trips will be held, weather permitting, on a Saturday from 11 am to 1 pm during the course time-frame.

A booklet with course information, supplied by the Tutor, will be available to purchase at the cost of $5.00

TUTOR Jeff Robinson
VENUE Papanui High School
TIME Tuesday 7-9 pm
START DATE 10 February
COURSE LENGTH 6 weeks
COURSE NUMBER 204/1
COURSE FEE $158.00
REQUIREMENTS Students will need to bring a hammer, battery drill and pliers along with their own bee suit (hat and veil) or a 1/2 suit. Can be purchased from Ecrotek in Sheffield Crescent or online from Beeline supplies. Bee suit not required for first session.
ADDITIONAL COSTS Students can purchase a start up kit from the tutor if they wish at the end of the course (cost $605 plus cost of bees)

Tutors: Jeff Robinson