Education And Training

During 2025 the SBKA hope to run a 6 week introductory course on Beekeeping. The course syllabus is below, and will give a sound introduction to the basics. Students will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience of colony management, and remove some of the myths about bees.

Watch this space for details of the next course

If you are interested, please complete the contact form, and a member of the association will be in touch.

Week 1 - The life of the honeybee queen, worker and drone

Mar 2025

Development of the Queen, worker and drone
Identify brood in all stages and honey, nectar and pollen in the comb
Periods spent as egg, larva pupa and adult summer and winter bees life span
Collection and use of pollen, nectar, water and propolis
How the honeybee passes the winter

Week 2 - Equipment

Personal equipment needed to open a hive of honeybees

and importance of cleanliness.

Able to name and explain the functions of the principle parts of the modern beehive. Different types of hives and their advantages and disadvantages
Use of hive tool, smoker and other tools; spray, queen cages, nucs, markers bucket for washing soda
Effects of stings and treatment

Week 3 - The Beekeeping Year