Urban Beekeeping Workshop for Beginners

Recent reviews of Urban Beekeeping Workshop for Beginners

• 5/5 from Matt Thompson-Moltzen, attended Sep 2026: Well structured and very interesting course. A definite must do if you intend to get into beekeeping. Gus has a passion for bees and beekeeping and comes through in the course. Well worth while.
• 5/5 from Paul M Kovac, attended Mar 2026: Gus was very knowlegable, and passionate about beekeeping!
• 4/5 from Donna Murphy, attended Oct 2025: You are so very knowledgeable. Unlike anything I've read before, you share an understanding of how bees think and WHY we should follow some very important methods. I'd recommend this class to anyone interested in keeping bees and understanding what they are doing.
• 5/5 from Nicholas Farr, attended Jun 2025: A fantastic introduction and overview to beekeeping. Gus was a great teacher and was able to answer any questions I had. You are given a great presentation about what to expect with a colony of bees and many of the intricacies of colonies and the bees themselves. It was great to see inside a real hive and frame, and see the tools used to extract honey. The pizza was nice too!
• 5/5 from Tina Paneras, attended Apr 2025: Gus is a great teacher with a wealth of knowledge to share. We learnt so much and the time flew by. I now feel much more confident in caring for our bee hives. Thank you Gus for an amazing course and thank you Maria for the delicious pizzas!
• 5/5 from Sophia Halloway, attended Apr 2025: I’m interested in keeping my own bees and Gus’ course was the perfect introduction. I had already done some online research but Gus demystified the process. You’ll learn lots about bees themselves, starting and maintaining a beehive and checking and treating for pests and diseases to keep your bees happy. You’ll also get to experience opening a real beehive to take a look inside at the frames and get comfortable with the bees. Gus was so incredibly knowledgeable and obviously extremely passionate. I left the course with a whole new appreciation for bees and feeling confident to start my own hive!
• 5/5 from Zoe Chrysopoulos, attended Jan 2025: Gus is incredibly knowledgeable! I highly recommend booking with Gus if you want to know how to set up a hive, understand bees and how to handle them and everything to do with beekeeping! It’s a fantastic course with hands on learning. Thanks you Gus!
• 5/5 from Michelle Edwards, attended Aug 2024: Just an awesome day Gus is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic to share the information and insights into beekeeping I was not expecting it to be as informative as it was and the double bonus of actually seeing the hives close up and experiencing the bees and the smoke and what it all means Thank you so much Gus for your professional expertise and support protecting the bees
• 5/5 from Niki Carey, attended Jan 2024: Gus is so knowledgeable! If you’re thinking about setting up a bee hive or just want to know more about these fascinating creatures, this is the workshop for you! Thank you Gus!
• 5/5 from Patricia Cabrera, attended Nov 2023: Very informative and fascinating. I never knew there was so much to learn about bees. I feel more confident moving ahead with my beekeeping journey. Would recommend to anyone wanting g learn about bees and beekeeping.
• 5/5 from Chris Adams, attended Apr 2023: Gus was a great teacher - very organized, gave clear information and was very passionate on the subject. If you are interested in starting beekeeping definitely would recommend this course
• 5/5 from Eduard Lugovoy, attended Feb 2023: Excellent class by Gus, well structured and logically built as a dialog motivating you to ask questions and rather understand how it all works and why. Highly recommended If you're to learn about the beekeeping, this class is one stop shop not only for beginners but for further learning and support.
• 5/5 from Michelle Mawbey, attended Dec 2022: An awesome day learning about the bees and honey. Gus is so knowledgeable and his passion is infectious. Do you know what honey is? Bet you’d be surprised- I recommend this course if you are interested to know
• 5/5 from Vanessa Auditore, attended Nov 2022: Gus is very knowledgeable and passionate about all things bees. Very informative and really loved the practical component and putting some of the knowledge to use on the day. Highly recommended. Thank you
• 5/5 from Alison Mitrevski, attended May 2022: super interesting and learned heaps! Gus' passion for bees was great to see and very contagious!
• 4/5 from John Joannides, attended Apr 2022: Yes very informative and educational John and myself walked away with things we just did no know if our yard allows within the next few years we will consider a bee hive and when the grandchildren are a little older. We will recommend this coarse to our family and friends good work Gus. Diane
• 5/5 from Michael Brighton-Hall, attended Mar 2022: Incredibly thorough information, and happy to answer all our questions. Loved having a teacher (Gus) that now only knew his stuff, but wanted to make sure we understood the 'why' as well as the 'how'. Would thoroughly recommend to anyone who is leaping into the world of urban beekeeping.
• 5/5 from John McCabe, attended Mar 2022: I really enjoyed the session today with Gus. He has a methodical way of sharing his knowledge and an easy style with the group. I learned a lot, although I appreciate that it just the tip of the iceberg, but more importantly Gus has made me even more motivated to learn so much more. I would definitely recommend this course.
• 4/5 from Olivia Ross, attended Mar 2022: It was very interesting. I couldn't believe (beelieve) how much there is to know about bees. Yet also, they seem fairly simple to look after. They are smart girls, for sure.
• 5/5 from Robert Donsante, attended Feb 2022: I found Gus to have a wealth of knowledge and experience that he happily shared in a very engaging and informative way. Unfortunately the rainy day meant that we weren’t able to look inside the workings of one of his hives which he promptly offered for another weekend. He also demonstrated a number of pieces of equipment and parts of hives including the difference in quality, price and application using examples of his own experience which allowed me to understand the practical aspect and consideration of beekeeping. I found Gus to be passionate who truly cared about bees and their industry and would recommend him wholeheartedly to anyone looking to get a solid and practical understanding and or commencement in their beekeeping journey. Robert
• 5/5 from John Moser, attended Jan 2022: Was a very pleasant experience a very knowledgeable day with a calm atmosphere, very comfortable learning got a lot from this course would recommend it too any one wanting to get Ito bee keeping
• 5/5 from Atsushi Kobayashi, attended Jan 2022: Great "getting started"course. 5 hours learning had gone past so quickly as I enjoyed so much. The course contents are so helpful to understand what I need to know to start bee keeping in my backyard. I strongly recommend this course if you are absolutely beginner and are interested in bee keeping.
• 5/5 from Mary Claassens, attended Jan 2022: Ever wondered why bees ‘dance’ and how to read the ‘code’? How to tell the difference between a bee and a wasp? Is it really OK to ‘rob’ honey from a hive? How long do bees live? Gus answers all these questions and many more in an engaging, informative, and practical way. In the afternoon we donned beekeeping PPE and went outside to stand amongst Gus’s bee hives. The bees flew around us, not worried or distressed by our presence. Gus showed us how to open a hive and lift out a honey-laden frame, we were each given the opportunity to lift a frame out and examine it. Full frames are surprisingly heavy. We gently closed the hive and moved back to the house, the bees continued as if we hadn’t intruded at all. After a short debrief the workshop finished. We left, blissed out on bees and information overload while wanting to learn more about these truly awe-inspiring creatures. Thank you, Gus.
• 5/5 from Luke Maher, attended Jan 2022: The bee keeping course with Gus was a great introduction to bee keeping. Gus prided himself on delivering both the how and why of bee keeping. With most other one-day bee keeping courses focusing on how to keep bees, Gus offered additional knowledge and experience on why bees do what they do and why keeping bees is a benefit to you and your community. Gus acknowledged that there was much more to bee keeping than can be covered in a one-day workshop, new knowledge to be gained through experience and/or as part of mentoring services Gus can provide to students who decide to take on the responsibility of keeping bees. Thanks Luke
• 5/5 from Samantha Roberts, attended Dec 2021: Gus is a wealth of knowledge and goes into depth explaining which is great. Very hospitable and would highly recommend this for anyone looking to get into Beekeeping!
• 5/5 from Stephen Ong, attended Nov 2021: An excellent course. Informative, educational with friendly staff. Highly recommended.
• 5/5 from Suellen Lembke, attended Nov 2021: Gus was extremely knowledgeable and engaging explaining “why” before “what”. He scaffolded the session with slides and had all the equipment one might need available for us to see/touch and question. The time went quickly. The pizza tea/coffee, water and mints were a lovely and welcome inclusion. Unfortunately, the weather precluded an inspection of the hives but we will reconvene to do this. Gus also offered his support going forward with any aspect of practical bee-keeping that we are finding challenging.
• 5/5 from Glenn Newling, attended Jun 2021: Great workshop. Gus is highly knowledgeable drawing from his experience; successes and failures. Having only 2 in the class made for a relaxed and open situation and enabled lots of questions without feeling like you might be slowing the pace down. Due to the cold and wet weather, the practical component couldn't be covered on the day but Gus will be inviting us back on another day to take part in the practical. Gus provided some mentos, water and pizza to keep us going. Being a cold day, the pizza was well received. My only thought at the time and am only saying this because it was cold, I should have brought a thermas of coffee or hot tea on the day. I was dying for a coffee. We covered all aspects of beekeeping. Gus had a carefully thought out powerpoint discussion but we could deviate at any time. Gus' background as an engineer provided added worth as he could detail the virtues of the tools and equipment. All in all, great day.
• 5/5 from Michaela Byers, attended Jun 2021: The theory was very interesting and Gus was very engaging. It was too bad that the weather was bad so we didn't get to open a hive. Will get the opportunity next month.