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Green animals » Save Our Bees Charitable Trust » Upcoming Top Bar Beekeeping Workshops

Upcoming Workshops and Seminars on Top Bar Beekeeping

 

 Advanced Topbar Beekeeping

Run by Janet Luke

Location:- 12 Emerald Hill, Havelock North.

Date:- 17th November, 2012. 10am-12 midday

Cost:- $40 pp.

Required Equipment:- Bee suit

Topics covered:- this workshop will cover the active management of a Top bar Hive. We will go over:-
- the method of catching a swarm and hiving in a top bar.
-the management of natural comb
-organic varroa control
- how to manipulate and handle natural comb to check for AFB in the 'perscribed" TBH method
-harvesting excess honey stores.
-seasonal management of a top bar hive.
 
During this course we will visit several different top bar hives and all participants will have the opportunity to handle and manipulate comb.

Register for course here  Please be quick as participant numbers are restricted.