Beekeeping Workshop for Beginners

Learn how to keep bees with this hands-on day course in Bowral



6 hours Class size 1 to 10 (public classes), 3 to 20

$330 (Afterpay available)
Ready to become a backyard beekeeper? Learn to keep bees with Darryn from Bowral Bees in the Southern Highlands of NSW!
Over six hours, we'll prepare you for everything you need in your first year of being an awesome backyard beekeeper including how to inspect a beehive and how to harvest and store your own delicious honey.
What you'll learn:
  • All about bee biology and hive structure
  • Apiary set up and what you can do at your property to help bees
  • Specific details on all the gear you need
  • Bee management over a year
  • Hands-on time how to inspect a beehive
  • Pest and disease management
  • Harvesting and storing honey
The course is hosted at 'Greenlaw' a historic property in Bowral with an extensive bee-friendly garden.
At the end of this unique Bowral workshop, return home with a comprehensive course booklet and the confidence to start beekeeping in your own backyard!
Add-ons available for this class
  • 1kg jar honey ($24)
  • 500g jar honey ($14)
You can add these when you book (optional).
 
Knowledge required
Beginner beekeepers welcome
 
What you'll get
Course booklet
 
What to bring
  • Please wear shoes or boots that fully cover your ankles (we provide bee suits and gloves)
  • Snacks and lunch for the day
Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, team building activity, Christmas party or hens party.

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 8 years old).

An adult must accompany any attending kids, and must pay for a separate ticket.

This experience would also be a fun gift for her, gift for mum or gift for couples.

Location

Burradoo, NSW

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Bowral Bees is a Southern Highlands bee keeping business with local services for beginner bee keeping courses Bowral, bee swarm collection Bowral, local Southern Highlands honey sales, bee keeper mentoring, bee hive inspections, and bee hive hosting at your Southern Highlands property

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