Beginner Beekeeping Course 2025 – West Cork
€160
Learn everything you need to know to start beekeeping with this comprehensive online course delivered by highly experienced beekeepers.
Note: The beginners’ course includes 2025 membership fees. No need to buy a separate membership!
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Have you ever dreamed about being a beekeeper? Register now for our comprehensive course to learn everything you need to know to start keeping bees.
The course will be held via a mixture of In-Person & Online sessions taught by qualified beekeeping experts. It includes full membership to Fastnet Area Beekeepers Association, a copy of the best selling Haynes Bee Manual, insurance via Irish Bee Foundation, access to our Grade 2 learning, plus access to a highly passionate beekeeping community here in West Cork!
The course will take place over 6 weeks beginning 12th February 2025.
Starts: February 12th 2025
Duration: Each Wednesday for 6 weeks
Time: 8pm to 10pm
Location: 2 nights in Ballydehob Community Hall + 4 nights via Zoom
Modules
- Beekeeping Equipment (In Person Meeting – Ballydehob)
- Natural History of the Honey Bee (Zoom Lecture)
- Positioning & Swarming (Zoom Lecture)
- Diseases & Poisonings (Zoom Lecture)
- Harvesting (Zoom Lecture)
- Manipulation of a Colony (In Person Meeting – Ballydehob)
Note: we require your postal address when you register for the course, as we need this to send you your copy of Haynes Bee Manual.
You can also pay by direct debit to our bank account (BIC: AIBKIE2D and IBAN: IE62 AIBK 9363 7516 0540 27), but please include your name on any transfer and contact us to let us know.
If you have any questions at all, please get in touch. Happy beekeeping!
Fastnet Area Beekeepers Association is completely non-profit and everyone involved works on a voluntary basis. Any money raised from fees goes right back into the association to fund group equipment, the association apiary, speaker fees, workshops and the like.