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URBAN AGRICULTURE MONTH: In Depth Beekeeping
Date & Time
17 April 2021 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location
Green Connect Farm
6 Anna Avenue
Warrawong,
NSW
2502
Price
$195
Are you fascinated by the art of beekeeping and keen to gain the skills required to start your own hive?
In this full day workshop, Claire Brown from Flametree Beekepers will give you the knowledge and skills required to get you started as a backyard beekeeper.
The workshop will include a morning of theory and, weather permitting, an afternoon of hands-on, practical learning at our display hive. Specifically, your workshop will include:
Theory –
-The life cycle of bees
-The roles of different bees in the hive
-Obtaining beehives
-Ideal hive placement
-Hive types and their characteristics
-Bee diseases – how to spot them
-Swarming
-The roles of different bees in the hive
-Obtaining beehives
-Ideal hive placement
-Hive types and their characteristics
-Bee diseases – how to spot them
-Swarming
Practical –
-Inspecting a beehive
-Managing your space
-Finding evidence of a queen bee
-Essential beekeeping resources
-Brood management
-Extracting honey
-Managing your space
-Finding evidence of a queen bee
-Essential beekeeping resources
-Brood management
-Extracting honey
This workshop will build on the topics covered in the Intro to Beekeeping workshop, however you do NOT have to complete the intro workshop in order to book into the In depth workshop.
URBAN AGRICULTURE MONTH
Urban Agriculture Month (UAM) is co-ordinated yearly by Sustain: The Australian Food Network, a think and do network connecting passionate people like you to build tangible change. Urban Agriculture Month encourages enthusiastic gardeners, activisits, farmers, researchers and consumers from around Australia come together to celebrate and promote urban agriculture as an important part of community resilience and well-being. Click here for more information
As part of Urban Agriculture Month 2021, Food Fairness Illawarra is coordinating a range of open gardens and garden tours of urban farms and gardens across the Illawarra.