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Day 1 Saturday 29 February 2020
Day 2 Saturday (practical) 7th March 2020
This course is run by Arthur Garske
Arthur has more than 40 years of beekeeping experience.
Course will be run at 2 Factory Street Granville.
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TRAINING FOR NEW BEEKEEPERS
9.00 Introduction and Housekeeping
9.10 Participants Expectations
9.20 Rules and Regulations for keeping bees in NSW.
Biosecurity.
9.35 Workplace Safety – Risks
- Different reactions
- Aggressive Bees
- Heatstroke
- Protective gear
- Uniforms
10.00 Honey Bee Biology
- Introduction
- Difference, e.g. workers/drones
- Numbers in the hive
- Variety of roles bees fulfil
10.30 MORNING TEA
11.00 Bee Hives
- Various options of design
- Decisions to be made before acquiring first hive, e.g. 8 frame, 10 frame
11.30 Equipment, Assembly of
- Boxes ) Preserving
- Bottom Boards ) Painting
- Lids ) Maintenance
- Frames
- Wiring
- Embedding Foundation
1.45 Starting Your First Hive
2.15` Location of Hives
- Stationary
- Migratory
- Backyard
- Rural
2.45 Feeding Hives
3.00 Management of Hives Year Round
3.30 Migration of Bee Hives
- Preparation
- How to and When
- Problems associated with moving hives
- Keeping a diary/log book
4.00 Any questions
DAY TWO
9.00 Working a Hive, Opening and Closing
9.45 Lighting and Extinguishing a smoker
- H. & S
- Parts
- Fuel
- Where to aim smoke and why
- Use of smoker to manage bees
- Using a hive tool/s
10.15 Practical - Hive Opening
- Tools needed
- Removing a frame and how to hold it for examination
- Cells - what is contained in cells on a frame
- Swarm prevention
- Robbing the hive
- When
- Different methods
12.30 LUNCH
1.30 Honey Extraction
- Preparation for extraction
- How to handle
- Process extracted honey
- Storage of extracted honey
- What to do with Cappings
- What to do with Beeswax
3.00 Collecting a Swarm
- How to
- Equipment
- What to do after collection
QUESTION TIME
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