Beekeeping courses
If you have always wanted to learn about honeybees and how beekeepers work with them, then a one- day Taster course may be just what’s needed. If you are intent on getting bees at some point, then the two-day weekend course is aimed at getting you started. We start from the assumption that course members are complete beginners.
With both courses, there is a mix of class room instruction and apiary work with the bees. You will be under the guidance of experienced beekeepers and will be provided with protective bee suits for the apiary work.
Beekeeping Courses 2024
Beekeeping Taster Days
Course Fee is £60 pp
Weekend Courses, Introduction to Beekeeping
Course Fee is £145 pp
We spend the mornings in the classroom and the afternoons out in the apiary with the bees. For the apiary sessions the class splits up so we can have small groups of no more than five around the hives. We provide full length bee suits with veils for the apiary sessions.
To register an interest in attending, please email info@beeswales.co.uk and let us know the date(s) you are considering and the number of places.
Course Payment
Payment for courses can be made using PayPal, if you do not have a PayPal account there is an option where you can pay by credit or debit card.
Course Location
Our courses take place at Bangor University’s Henfaes Research Centre at Abergwyngregyn, just off the A55 expressway and five miles to the east of Bangor. It is a lovely rural location with views to the Carneddau hills and not far from the sea at the northern end of the Menai Straits. The facilities are excellent with lectures taking place in the Menterra Building - a converted barn and with an apiary just a couple of hundred metres away.
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The Courses Team.
Weekend Introduction to Beekeeping Courses 2024
Location: Bangor University’s Henfaes Research Centre
Dates: 11 & 12 May 2024
Time: 9.30am- 5pm
Cost: £145 pp
Do you want to find out more about these fascinating creatures? Do you think that one day you would like to keep Bees, but don’t know where to start? Then why not find out all the basics you will need to know about them on the National Beekeeping Wales’s “Beekeeping for Beginners Intensive Weekend”?
At just £145 this course will be a real eye opener into the world of Bees and beekeeping. Included in the price of the course are teas, coffee and biscuits, materials and the use of protective clothing whilst in the apiary. You are requested to bring your own lunches
The course will cover the following topics and will provide an opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have:
- Introduction to the Bee colony and Bee products.
- Types of hive, equipment, record keeping.
- Frame making.
- Basic hive inspection; handling frames; lighting a smoker, using a hive tool.
- Identification: Queen, worker, drone
- Swarm control – you’ve got queen cells, what do you do? What kind of queen cells?
- Pests & diseases
- Taking off honey, clearing bees from supers.
- Feeding
- Combining colonies
- Preparation for winter
Location: Bangor University’s Henfaes Research Centre
Dates: 1 & 2 June 2024
Time: 9.30am- 5pm
Cost: £145 pp
Do you want to find out more about these fascinating creatures? Do you think that one day you would like to keep Bees, but don’t know where to start? Then why not find out all the basics you will need to know about them on the National Beekeeping Wales’s “Beekeeping for Beginners Intensive Weekend”?
At just £145 this course will be a real eye opener into the world of Bees and beekeeping. Included in the price of the course are teas, coffee and biscuits, materials and the use of protective clothing whilst in the apiary. You are requested to bring your own lunches
The course will cover the following topics and will provide an opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have:
- Introduction to the Bee colony and Bee products.
- Types of hive, equipment, record keeping.
- Frame making.
- Basic hive inspection; handling frames; lighting a smoker, using a hive tool.
- Identification: Queen, worker, drone
- Swarm control – you’ve got queen cells, what do you do? What kind of queen cells?
- Pests & diseases
- Taking off honey, clearing bees from supers.
- Feeding
- Combining colonies
- Preparation for winter
Location: Bangor University’s Henfaes Research Centre
Dates: 7 & 8 September 2024
Time: 9.30am- 5pm
Cost: £145 pp
Do you want to find out more about these fascinating creatures? Do you think that one day you would like to keep Bees, but don’t know where to start? Then why not find out all the basics you will need to know about them on the National Beekeeping Wales’s “Beekeeping for Beginners Intensive Weekend”?
At just £145 this course will be a real eye opener into the world of Bees and beekeeping. Included in the price of the course are teas, coffee and biscuits, materials and the use of protective clothing whilst in the apiary. You are requested to bring your own lunches
The course will cover the following topics and will provide an opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have:
- Introduction to the Bee colony and Bee products.
- Types of hive, equipment, record keeping.
- Frame making.
- Basic hive inspection; handling frames; lighting a smoker, using a hive tool.
- Identification: Queen, worker, drone
- Swarm control – you’ve got queen cells, what do you do? What kind of queen cells?
- Pests & diseases
- Taking off honey, clearing bees from supers.
- Feeding
- Combining colonies
- Preparation for winter
Beekeeping Taster Day courses 2024
Location: Bangor University’s Henfaes Research Centre
Dates: 27 April 2024
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Cost: £60 pp
These taster days are ideal for anyone who has an interest in bees and starting beekeeping but is unsure about committing to a full course. They also make an unusual gift experience!
The session begins with a morning introduction into the fascinating world of Bees and beekeeping. In the afternoon you will attend a hands-on apiary session and get up close and personal with our Bees, under the guidance of one of our experienced beekeepers.
We will cover the different types of bee, types of beehive, personal safety, how to set up an apiary, how to handle bees, honeybee health, the different types of honey, and how to deal with the honey harvest.
We will provide you with bee suits and gloves for the afternoon session with the bees.
Cost per person £60 including tea / coffee throughout the day.Please bring your own wellies and lunch
Location: Bangor University’s Henfaes Research Centre
Dates: 22 June 2024
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Cost: £60 pp
These taster days are ideal for anyone who has an interest in bees and starting beekeeping but is unsure about committing to a full course. They also make an unusual gift experience!
The session begins with a morning introduction into the fascinating world of Bees and beekeeping. In the afternoon you will attend a hands-on apiary session and get up close and personal with our Bees, under the guidance of one of our experienced beekeepers.
We will cover the different types of bee, types of beehive, personal safety, how to set up an apiary, how to handle bees, honeybee health, the different types of honey, and how to deal with the honey harvest.
We will provide you with bee suits and gloves for the afternoon session with the bees.
Cost per person £60 including tea / coffee throughout the day.Please bring your own wellies and lunch