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The Beekeepers Association of the ACT has developed a great introductory course that will give you a sound working knowledge of beekeeping and honey production. Learn how to keep your bees in good health and your hives in good condition. |
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1 Bees and hives |
Bee biology and behaviour,Keeping bees, Handling of bees, Legal requirements, Bee stings and allergy |
Theory: Tuesday evening, 16 October 2007, 7.30pm to 9.30pm Practical: Saturday morning, 20 October 2007, 10am to 12noon |
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2 Your first hive |
Review of session 1,Getting started,Hive and components |
Theory: Tuesday evening, 23 October 2007, 7.30pm to 9.30pm Practical: Saturday morning, 27 October 2007, 10am to 12 noon |
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3 The beekeeping year |
Review of session 2, Seasonal activities |
Theory: Tuesday evening, 30 October 2007, 7.30pm to 9.30pm Practical: Saturday morning, 3 November 2007, 10am to 12 noon |
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4 Products and pests of the hive |
Review of session 3,Honey and wax,Hazards to bees, Hazards to beekeepers, Bees and pollination Beekeepers Association of the ACT Beekeeping Code of Practice |
Theory: Tuesday evening, 6 November 2007, 7.30pm to 9.30pm Practical: Saturday morning, 10 November 2007, 10am to 12 noon |
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Heysen Street, Weston ACT 2611
Enrolments: CIT Solutions, Ph: 6207 4441
Enquiries: Dick Johnston, Ph: 6282 8112
Webs: www.bindaree.com.au , www.actbeekeepers.asn.au , PDF file for printing
Backyard Beekeeping
Session 1 Bees and Hives
Theory: Tuesday 16 October 2007, 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm. Instructor: Lyn Shiels
Practical: Saturday 20 October 2007, 10 am to 12 noon. Instructors: Lyn Shiels, Pat Shiels
Castes, anatomy, life cycle, pheromones, queen production ie emergency, supersedure, swarming
Protective clothing, tools
Methods and hints
Use of smoke
NSW
ACT
Allergic reactions
The honey bee (Capilano) - 4 pages
Beginning in Bees - 19 pages
Backyard Beekeeping - 4 pages
ACT Legislation relating to Beekeeping – 2 pages
Branding beehives – 1 page
Beekeepers and registration – NSW Apiaries Act 1985 – 1 page
Beekeeper Registration form for NSW – 2 pages
Practical – depends on conditions and state of bee colonies
handling techniques
identifying honey, pollen and brood
identifying queen, workers and drones
Backyard Beekeeping
Session 2 – Your first hive
Theory: Tuesday 23 October 2007, 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm. Instructor: Paul Hooper
Practical: Saturday 27 October 2007, 10 am to 12 noon. Instructors: Paul Hooper, Dave Alden
What are the three castes of honeybees?
How do honeybees communicate in the hive?
How do honeybee colonies multiply in nature?
Do you need to register a backyard beehive in the ACT?
Do you need to register a backyard beehive in Queanbeyan?
Financial outlay
Buying established hive or nucleus
Catching a swarm
Buying second hand equipment, hazards
Placing of hives
Water, shade and ventilation
Neighbours and public
Keeping placid bees
Boxes: Construction, preservation, painting, dipping, branding
Frame Construction: wiring, plastic frames
Bases and lids
Hive mats
Queen excluder
Closers and straps
Preserving hive equipment – 2 pages
Nuisance bees – 1 page
Practical – depends on conditions and state of bee colonies
assembling a complete hive
checking for queen cells and searching for the queen
handling frames with queen cells
uniting two hives
swarms to build up hive strength
Backyard Beekeeping
Session 3 – The beekeeping year
Theory: Tuesday 30 October 2007, 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm. Instructor: Dick Johnston
Practical: Saturday 3 November 2007, 10 am to 12 noon. Instructors: Dick Johnston, John Rice
Name three ways of starting a beehive?
How much is it likely to cost to start beekeeping with one beehive?
Why might a beekeeper send hives and bee equipment to Sydney for irradiation?
What would you do about an aggressive beehive?
How would you minimise problems with neighbours?
Requeening: finding and marking queens
Reasons for requeening
Setting up a nucleus
Feeding
Spring: inspections, disease, stores, clean bottom board, remove old frames, feeding, preventing swarming
Summer: regular inspections, when and how to extract honey
Autumn: shutdown, robbing, feeding
Winter: wintering bees, checking stores, when and if to inspect.
Spring management of bees – 3 pages
Honey bee nutrition and supplementary feeding – 8 pages
Bee Swarms – What to do? – 2 pages
Bee swarms and their control – 2 pages
Removing honey from the hive – 4 pages
Wintering bees – 3 pages
Practical – depends on conditions and state of bee colonies
re-queening
increasing number of hives
lifting frames of brood to make more room
Spring inspection
Backyard Beekeeping
Session 4 – Products and Pests of the Hive
Theory: Tuesday 6 November 2007, 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm, Instructor: John Rice
Practical: Saturday 10 November 2007, 10 am to 12 noon. Instructors: Dick Johnston, John Rice
What are the main beekeeping activities in Spring, Summer, Winter and Autumn?
Beekeepers Association of the ACT (President Dave Alden)
Benefits of membership
Extracting, refining, presentation, sale
Wax melters
Wax use
Hazards to beekeepers
Diseases
Pests and enemies
Pesticides
Honey – 1 page
Beeswax – 3 pages
Making beeswax furniture polish – 2 pages
Samples for bee disease diagnosis – 2 pages
European foulbrood and its control – 4 pages
Nosema disease in bees – 2 pages
American Foul Brood – 4 pages
American foulbrood disease – inspection management
Chalkbrood – 4 pages
Sacbrood – 3 pages
Wax-moth – 3 pages
Small Hive Beetle – 3 pages
Honey and pollen flora suitable for planting in south-eastern NSW – 4 pages
Directory of beekeeping services – 10 pages
Beekeeping Code of Practice (2005) for NSW
Practical – depends on conditions and state of bee colonies
- undertake final assignment in groups of two or three
Document updated: 15 November 2006, return to Bindaree Bee Supplies home page
