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Overview
Have you ever dreamt of becoming a beekeeper? This course will introduce you to the wonderful topic of keeping bees in both conventional frame hives and also in top bar hives. The aim is to keep bees in a simple, low cost, natural and enjoyable way. The course will take you right through the whole process from the timber in your shed to building the hive. Then on to getting bees, managing the bees to harvesting and packing the honey and using the beeswax. By the end of this course and associated assignments you will be a beekeeper!
Completing this course will help you understand:
- Where to set up your apiary
- How to get your hive occupied with bees
- How to manage bees in your hive
- How to harvest, extract and pack you own delicious honey
- How to extract beeswax and make simple candles and beeswax polish
- What beekeeping is all about
- The benefits of keeping bees in top bar hives and frame hives
- How to make your own top bar hive
Who is the course for?
- Those who want to start beekeeping as a commercial enterprise
- Those who want to start beekeeping as a hobby
- Those interested in learning how to process and utilize beeswax
what you will Learn::
- Types of bees in a colony
- Life Cycle Of A Bee
- Bee Harvesting Equipment and Clothing
- Bee Processing Equipment
- Hanging Hives
- Placing Hives
- Populating the Bee Hive
- Inspecting Bee Hives
- Dividing Bee Colonies
- Bees Pests and Predators
- Bee diseases
- Harvesting Honey
- Processing Honey
- Grading Honey
- Labelling Honey
- Extracting Bees Wax
- Other Bee Hive Byproducts
- Honey Production Record Keeping
- Enterprise Budgeting
- Financial Planning & Analysis
- Honey Production Key Performance Measures of Profitability
- Honey Production Business Risk Analysis & Management
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