Betsy’s Beekeeping Course – for Improvers and Beginners
at the Peoples’ Community Garden
Bowls Pavilion, Halifax Road, Ipswich IP2 8RE

Saturday 11 January 2014
9.30am-12.30pm
Hives and apiaries; the annual cycle of management; races of bee, lifecycle and seasonal variation in strength

Saturday 8 February
9.30am-12.30pm
Forage and nectar-to-honey; disease

Saturday 8 March
9.30am-12.30pm
Honey processing; swarming

Saturday 5 April
9.30am-12.30pm
Other hive products; more advanced manoeuvres like shook swarm, and trouble shooting

This course, led by Green Champion and bee-keeper Betsy Reid, is designed for bee-keepers at the People’s Community Garden community apiary, ActivHives, and will respond to issues they have encountered in their first year of bee-keeping. Drawing on the syllabus of the British Bee-Keepers Association, newcomers and beginners are also very welcome – and especially those interested in joining our team. During the course, there will be opportunities to visit the apiary and gain experience of winter maintenance.

Cost: £35 or £10 per session Free to ActivHives volunteers
It is intended that participants attend all four sessions. If this is not possible, then each session can be paid for individually. Please reserve your place in advance by sending your name, contact details and payment by 9th January 2014 to ActivLives, 1 Cornhill, Ipswich IP1 1DD. Cheques should be may payable to ‘ActivLives’.

For more information, call 01473 261112 or visit www.activlives.org.uk/activgardens