Introduction to Beekeeping Course Spring 2023
Please contact membership@hwbees.org.uk if you’d like to take part in our next training or would like to join our organisation and come along to our meetings.
Run by experienced local beekeepers and following the syllabus from the British Beekeeping Association, participants can choose between Wednesday evenings or Sunday mornings to suit your diary with your chance to get hands-on experience on the final Sunday with the bees in our apiary.
The cost of the course is £50 which includes a free copy of the British Beekeepers’ Association Guide to Beekeeping and country membership of the Hertford and Ware Beekeepers’ Association and the British Beekeepers Association.
The course will include 2 classroom sessions and 1 practical experience at our club apiary. The course will be held on Wednesday evenings or Sunday afternoons as per the table below.
| Stream 1 (Wednesdays) | Stream 2 (Sundays) | |
| Lesson 1 | Wednesday 19th April, 8pm – 10pm, Friends Meeting House, 50 Railway Street, Hertford SG14 1BA | Sunday 16th April, 2pm – 4pm, Friends Meeting House, 50 Railway Street, Hertford SG14 1BA |
| Lesson 2 | Wednesday 26th April, 8pm – 10pm, Friends Meeting House, 50 Railway Street, Hertford SG14 1BA | Sunday 23rd April, 2pm – 4pm, Friends Meeting House, 50 Railway Street, Hertford SG14 1BA |
| Practical | Sunday 30th April, Club apiary near Essendon | Sunday 7th May, Club apiary near Essendon |