Bee Keeping Courses
Learn how to keep honeybees on our bee keeping courses in the Cotswolds
Our courses are based at our working apiary on the Cotswold estate of Notgrove near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
A one day beekeeping course will take you from a complete beginner to someone with the knowledge to start beekeeping with confidence.
The course covers:
- The bee's lifecycle
- The beekeeper's year
- Different hive types and set-ups
- Siting your hive
- Equipment to buy
- Getting bees
- Honeybee health
- Producing honey
You will learn essential beekeeping skills including:
- Handling bees gently and safely
- Lighting and using a beekeeper's smoker
- Using a hive tool
"This is a great course run by great people. I would 100% recommend it to anyone who is thinking about having bees"
What to expect:
- A full day from 10 to 5pm
- No more than 5 people around each hive
- Plenty of time to handle the bees yourself
- Bee suit and gloves provided
- Lunch included
- Comprehensive notes to take away
- A free bee health book
- A list of recommended books, websites and suppliers
By the end of the day, you'll have all the information you need to begin beekeeping. Once you have been on our course, you can contact Harry anytime. He's happy to help!
We are Harry and Lorraine
We are beekeepers
We've kept bees for years and Harry is training apiary manager for the Cheltenham and Gloucester Beekeeping Association.
We remember what it was like starting out - our bee keeping courses bring together all the information you need to begin beekeeping.
Just like beekeeping, we want them to be fun as well. We think bees are amazing. At the end of a course, we think you will too.
