One Day Practical Beginners Beekeeping Course - Location Surrey /Kent Border

Location: Surrey/Kent Border — Hanging Wood Apiary, Woldingham

Group size: Maximum 7 attendees

Times: Arrive 9:45am for a 10am start until 4:30pm

Perfect for aspiring beekeepers, this one-day course combines hands-on experience, theory, and expert guidance. Held at our apiary on the scenic North Downs, it provides everything you need to start keeping bees with confidence.

🔸 What You’ll Learn:

• The lifecycle and role of the honeybee
• Choosing your hive and equipment
• Setting up and managing your first apiary
• Identifying brood, stores, and spotting the queen
• Setting up a nuc
• Honey Extraction
• Preparing for Winter
• Planning your beekeeping year

In the afternoon, you’ll suit up and open a working hive, inspect frames, and observe the colony in action. If we’re lucky, you might even spot the queen or a bee emerging!

🧑‍🏫 Instructor:

Lawrence Homewood — With 50 years of beekeeping experience, Lawrence brings a wealth of practical knowledge and a hands-on teaching approach. The morning session includes theory and demos, while the afternoon focuses on real hive inspections and honey handling.

🧰 What’s Provided:

• Beesuit and gloves
• Tea & coffee during breaks
• Clean farm environment with eco toilet & handwashing

🎒 What to Bring:

• Course confirmation
• Clean wellies (required)
• Packed lunch & water
• Notebook & pen (optional)

Please do not attend if you are allergic to bee stings.

🛑 Cancellations:

Course bookings are non-refundable.

If you are unable to attend your booked course date, you may transfer your place to another attendee or request to reschedule to an alternative course date, subject to availability.

Requests to change course dates must be made at least 14 days before the course date.

Each booking may only be rescheduled once. Any further date changes will require a new booking and payment in full.

We are unable to accommodate date changes requested within 14 days of the course date.

If buying as a gift, please notify the recipient so they can confirm availability.

➕ Private Courses

Private beginners’ courses are available on selected dates at a fixed fee of £400 for up to six participants. These are delivered as a full-day session (10am–4:30pm) and follow the same comprehensive format as our group course. Please enquire directly to discuss availability.