ENVR061 - Bee Keeping: Intermediate Course

Course Description

Learn advanced techniques for successful management of bee colonies; stock assessment and nutritional supplements; advanced colony manipulation and swarm management; queen production methods and breeding considerations; selecting for hygienic behaviour and mite resistance; external environmental stresses to successful beekeeping; pests and pathogens; management for honey and pollination production and marketing; and moving away from chemical dependency and the future of bees.

Course Outline

Learn advanced techniques for successful management of bee colonies; stock assessment and nutritional supplements; advanced colony manipulation and swarm management; queen production methods and breeding considerations; selecting for hygienic behaviour and mite resistance; external environmental stresses to successful beekeeping; pests and pathogens; management for honey and pollination production and marketing; and moving away from chemical dependency and the future of bees.

Learner Outcomes

• A general history of beekeeping Structure of the honeybee colony.

• Physiology of the domestic honeybee.

• The players in the colony Beekeeping equipment and methods of start-up.

• Honeybee nutrition and production of nectar and pollen Swarming and control methods.

• Natural and integrated pest management Hive management for honey production.

• The harvest, hive products, production and processing.