Smallholding and bee keeping courses

If you're looking to try your hand at running a smallholding, why not have a go at one of the courses on organic farms listed below - from beekeeping courses for beginners to rearing chickens and pigs.

Natural beekeeping for beginners
31 May

Embercombe, Higher Ashton, nr Exeter, Devon, EX6 7QQ

Come and stay at Embercombe in Devon for an inspiring weekend learning about ‘natural beekeeping’ in top-bar hives – a bee friendly way to have bees in your garden with the possibility of your own ho...
An introducion to beekeeping
08 June

Daylesford Organic Farm, near Kingham, Gloucestershire GL56 0YG

Local apiarist Tanya Hawkes will guide you through the theory, equipment and bee handling skills necessary to manage your own colony of bees. This course will provide enough of an overview and the co...
Beekeeping weekend
15 June

Troed y Rhiw Farm, Llwyndafydd, Llandysul, Ceredigion, SA44 6BY

An introduction to the principles of beekeeping over the course of a weekend. The course focuses on beekeeping the natural way and will cover: the colony and how it works; the hive and beekeeping ‘ye...
Living in harmony with honeybees
21 June

Waltham Place, Church Hill, White Waltham, near Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 3JH

This workshop is suitable for anyone interested in the honeybee, and beekeepers wishing to explore natural forms of bee husbandry are most welcome. In light of the declining vitality of the honeybee,...
Sun Hive Workshop
29 June

Rachel Carson Centre (in the grounds of Emerson College), Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5JX

The Sun Hive (Weissenseifener Haengekorb) forms the core of the Natural Beekeeping Trust's commitment to bee guardianship. Based on an ingenious combination of skep baskets made of rye straw and wood...
An introduction to beekeeping
08 July

Daylesford Farm, near Kingham, Gloucestershire GL56 0YG

Local apiarist Tanya Hawkes will guide you trought the theory, equipment and bee handling skills necessary to manage your own colony of bees. This course will provide enough of an overview and the co...
An introduction to beekeeping
26 July

Daylesford Farm, near Kingham, Gloucestershire GL56 0YG

Local apiarist Tanya Hawkes will guide you through the theory, equipment and bee handling skills necessary to manage your own colony of bees. This course will provide enough of an overview and the co...
An introduction to beekeeping
27 July

Daylesford Farm, near Kingham, Gloucestershire GL56 0YG

Local apiarist Tanya Hawkes will guide you through the theory, equipment and bee handling skills necessary to manage your own colony of bees. This course will provide enough of an overview and the co...
Beekeeping weekend
10 August

Troed y Rhiw Farm, Llwyndafydd, Llandysul, Ceredigion, SA44 6BY

An introduction to the principles of beekeeping over the course of a weekend. The course focuses on beekeeping the natural way and will cover: the colony and how it works; the hive and beekeeping ‘ye...
An introduction to beekeeping
06 September

Daylesford Farm, near Kingham, Gloucestershire GL56 0YG

Local apiarist Tanya Hawkes will guide you through the theory, equipment and bee handling skills necessary to manage your own colony of bees. This course will provide enough of an overview and the co...
An introduction to beekeeping
07 September

Daylesford Farm, near Kingham, Gloucestershire GL56 0YG

Local apiarist Tanya Hawkes will guide you through the theory, equipment and bee handling skills necessary to manage your own colony of bees. This course will provide enough of an overview and the co...
Help your bees to overwinter successfully
08 September

The Bee Classroom, Hammerwood Road, Ashurst Wood, West Sussex RH19 3RX

Winter and early spring are critical times in the bees’ year. This course is designed to help new beekeepers to prepare their colonies for these months, and thus minimalise losses. Practical advice w...
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