One Day Intermediate Beekeeping Course - Location Surrey /Kent Border

Location: Hanging Wood Apiary, Woldingham, Surrey
Group size: Maximum 7 attendees

This one-day course is designed for novice beekeepers who already understand the basics and are ready to build on their knowledge.

✅ Before Booking, You Should:

• Be confident identifying worker, drone, and queen bees
• Understand bee lifecycle and colony needs
• Have experience handling bees
• Be able to identify eggs, larvae, sealed brood, queen cells, pollen, and honey

🧑‍🏫 Instructor:

Lawrence Homewood — With 50 years of experience, Lawrence will guide you through more advanced colony management techniques using live demonstrations and practical advice.

🐝 Course Outline:

• Performing simple hive splits
• Rejoining hives successfully
• Managing laying worker hives
• Queenless hives: brood frame method & queen introduction
• Swarm collection and hive rehoming
• Understanding and managing queen cells
• Artificial swarming techniques
• Identifying and addressing common pests and diseases

🧰 What’s Provided:

• Beesuit and gloves
• Tea & coffee during breaks
• Eco toilet and handwashing facilities

🎒 What to Bring:

• Booking confirmation
• Packed lunch & water
• Pen & notebook (optional)
• Clean wellington boots (required)

Please do not attend if you have an allergy to bee stings.

🔁 Cancellations:

We do not offer refunds for cancellations, but we’re happy to transfer your place to another date or attendee.

Buying as a gift? Please let the recipient know as soon as possible so they can confirm availability.