Beekeeping - the next stage ** Course Cancelled - Please call 01825 761820 for Alternative Courses** (UC03N61D)
Refresh and increase your knowledge of keeping bees with expert Steve Banks. Course will include swarm control, increasing your apiary and how to successfully raise queens.
Course overview
Refresh and increase your knowledge of keeping bees with the expertise shared so generously by Steve Banks. This course will help you to develop your confidence when caring for your bees and what to consider when expanding your apiary.
Where Uckfield College, Downsview Crescent, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 3DJ.
When
Day | Date | Time | Where |
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Wednesday | 16th March 2022 | 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Venue |
Wednesday | 23rd March 2022 | 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Venue |
Wednesday | 30th March 2022 | 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Venue |
Saturday | 23rd April 2022 | 10:00am - 1:00pm | Venue |
Cost
The full fee is £65.00.
The concessionary fee is £38.00.
What you already need to know
This course is suitable for those who have already kept bees or those who have previously attended an introductory course. You are expected to have experience in handling bees.
What you will learn
Steve will take you through the next stages of beekeeping:
- Splitting hives
- Swarm control
- Capturing and moving swarms
- Increasing your apiary
- Raising queens
How you will learn it
The theoretical elements will be taught on a Wednesday evening in Uckfield college and the practical Saturday session will be taught in the apiary at Uckfield College.
The Saturday session of this course is for practical handling of live bees.
If there is bad weather, the session will be postponed to 30th April.
If the practical session cannot take place due to Covid restrictions, it will be suspended until we can rearrange it. ACRES will endeavour to do this as soon as possible but if it cannot be delivered by the end of the academic year then the cost of the missed class will be refunded.
Bring to the first session
If you previously attended the Beekeeping Theory course, you may wish to bring your notes as a refresher.
Pen and Paper.
For the practical Saturday sessions you will need:
- A full length boiler type bee keeping suit which includes a veil and wellington boots, plus bee keeping gloves that cover hands and forearms to the elbow as basic safety equipment.
- Please avoid using strong perfumed products when attending the practical course.
- Steve will advise you during the course if there is anything further you need.
Refreshments (The leisure centre is open on Saturdays for students to use the toilets and refreshments)
Extra study or practice
You will be given additional research to carry out at home if you wish to do so, but this will be optional.
How to enrol
You can enrol by phoning ACRES' House on
01825 761820 on Monday to Friday between 9:30 am and 4 pm. Alternatively, to register your interest in a course please email
adultlearning@acres.org.uk with the course title and your contact details and a member of the team will call you back to enrol you on your chosen course.
Previous students say
"Steve really knows his stuff"
"I learnt so much from Steve and he was fantastic when I got my bees. So helpful and generous with his time and his knowledge."
"I managed to capture my first swarm with Steve's guidance."
Additional Course Information
- Concessionary/reduced fees, are available to students in receipt of certain means-tested benefits on some courses.
- Course fees over £133, can be paid in one single payment at enrolment or in instalments by Standing Order where applicable.
- Fees and payment options: See the Financial Support page.
- Other course related information: See the Policies & Procedures page, or contact the ACRES office.
Specific Covid Considerations:
In the event of restrictions being reintroduced and if the class is remaining in the venue, you will be informed of further safety measures. If the lessons cannot take place because the tutor has to isolate or in the event of government-imposed restrictions or lockdowns, every effort will be made to reschedule the missed classes. If it is not possible to continue the course in the venue it will be continued online. If this is not possible we will refund the outstanding lessons.
To ensure Safe Practice during practical sessions:
- Class numbers are reduced to allow students to space apart.
- Students should work at separate tables or desks.
- Hand sanitiser will be available in all classrooms.
- You are responsible for sanitising your own workspace before and after each lesson, anti-bacterial wipes or spray will be provided by the tutor.
- Wearing a mask is a personal choice. Please respect the choices of your tutor and fellow students.
- Windows and doors left open to allow for room ventilation should not be adjusted by students.
- Sharing of equipment is discouraged, but if it is essential, please use the wipes / spray provided to clean between handling.
- Please make yourself aware of local guidance, particularly in community venues.
You must not attend the class if you show signs or symptoms of Covid-19, are awaiting results of a PCR Covid test, have been in close contact with a Covid-19 patient within 14 days or anyone who has been advised to self isolate for any reason. Please inform the ACRES' office, who will advise the tutor.
All tutors, students and visitors are encouraged to participate in rapid lateral flow testing in the interest of everybody's safety, however, this is not a mandatory requirement. Test kits are readily available locally or from the
gov website.
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