Beginning in Bees - PROfarm course
Course details
| Name: |
Beginning in bees |
| Description: |
A practical beekeeping course for new beekeepers. |
| Cost: |
After NSW Government subsidy, $425 GST-free. |
| Course aims: |
- To provide practical experience in manipulating a bee hive and carrying out general management practices
- To provide an understanding of the physiology of a bee colony
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| Learning outcomes: |
- Identify bee life cycles
- Understand the mechanisms of a bee colony
- Understand the terminology used in the beekeeping industry
- Identify beehive component parts
- Manage bee colonies for survival and productivity
- Inspect and manipulate a bee hive
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| Length: |
2 days |
| Course program/structure: |
Day 1
- Protective clothing and occupational health and safety
- Opening a hive, hive components and assembly
- Bee biology and seasonal management
- Honey flora
- Legislation
- Diseases and pests of bees
Day 2
- Extracting and storing honey
- Inspecting hive for disease
- Honey marketing, food safety and record keeping
- Purchasing hives
- Other products from the hive
- Industry structure
- Evaluation and close
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| Resources and method of delivery: |
Participants will receive a copy of the publication Bee Agskills and additional course notes.
This course is delivered using indoor and outdoor instruction. |
| Accreditation: |
This course is mapped to the national units of competency:
- RTE2305A - Use a bee smoker
- RTE2157A - Open and reassemble a beehive
- RTE3154A - Requeen a honey bee colony
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Register
Tocal College, CB Alexander Campus
Phone: 1800 025 520
Email: profarm@tocal.com
