If you are interested in taking up beekeeping, we usually run two courses through the year. There is no requirement to join St Albans & District Beekeepers Association in order to attend either course.
Beginners Course
Our Beginners Course is held in the Spring, generally in March. This course gives a much more detailed look at all the various aspects of beekeeping and is designed for those who are looking to start keeping bees in the near future.
Beginners Course
Our Beginners Course is held in the Spring, generally in March. This course gives a much more detailed look at all the various aspects of beekeeping and is designed for those who are looking to start keeping bees in the near future.
.The Beginners Course topics include:
We also provide information on siting your hives and obtaining your first colony of Honeybees. There will many opportunities to ask questions and to meet other novice and experienced beekeepers.
The 2020 Beginners Course will be held over four Thursday evenings on the 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th of March, from 7.30pm to 10.00pm each evening. The venue is in the New Greens area of St Albans.
The course also includes an apiary visit once the bees are active in the new season.
The cost of the course will be £85 per person, and includes a copy of the BBKA Guide To Beekeeping Book (RRP £18.99)
Applications for the courses are now open.
You can register and sign up here: Beginners Course Registration
If you have any further questions, please email training@stalbansbees.org
Bee Awareness Session
This is held in the Autumn, usually October, and gives a brief overview of bees and beekeeping. It is a “taster” of what is involved in becoming a beekeeper and a primer for the more detailed Beginners Course. You do not have to have attended the Bee Awareness Session in order to take the Beginners Course.
The 2019 Bee Awareness session was held on Thursday 24th October 2019.
Please contact training@stalbansbees.org to register for the 2020 session.
- Equipment, cost and time commitment needed
- The lifecycle of the honeybee
- Colony management
- Swarm control
- Honey extraction
- Pests & diseases
- What you can expect during your first year of beekeeping
We also provide information on siting your hives and obtaining your first colony of Honeybees. There will many opportunities to ask questions and to meet other novice and experienced beekeepers.
The 2020 Beginners Course will be held over four Thursday evenings on the 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th of March, from 7.30pm to 10.00pm each evening. The venue is in the New Greens area of St Albans.
The course also includes an apiary visit once the bees are active in the new season.
The cost of the course will be £85 per person, and includes a copy of the BBKA Guide To Beekeeping Book (RRP £18.99)
Applications for the courses are now open.
You can register and sign up here: Beginners Course Registration
If you have any further questions, please email training@stalbansbees.org
Bee Awareness Session
This is held in the Autumn, usually October, and gives a brief overview of bees and beekeeping. It is a “taster” of what is involved in becoming a beekeeper and a primer for the more detailed Beginners Course. You do not have to have attended the Bee Awareness Session in order to take the Beginners Course.
The 2019 Bee Awareness session was held on Thursday 24th October 2019.
Please contact training@stalbansbees.org to register for the 2020 session.
Important: Please do not simply turn up to our apiaries without first making an appointment. For safety and insurance reasons we do not allow people on site who are not members of SABKA. We are sorry, but if you visit without a prior appointment, you will be turned away.
We provide displays and exhibitions about beekeeping at a number of events through the year where you are very welcome to talk to us. Please go to our "Events" page for more details.
For further information on Membership,
please contact membership@stalbansbees.org
please contact membership@stalbansbees.org