A Beginners Course in Beekeeping

Thursday 6 February 2025 at 7:00 pm

Haybridge High School & Sixth Form College

Beginners Course in Beekeeping 2025

The course will begin at 19:00 on Thursday, 6 February 2025, and run for eight consecutive weeks. Each session will last up to two hours. After completing the course, participants are encouraged to attend practical sessions at the Branch Apiary starting on Sunday, 6 April at 2:00 PM (weather permitting) and continuing at intervals until July.

Course Fees:

• If you do not have bees, the donation is £120.
• If you already keep bees, the donation is £135, which includes public liability insurance (up to £10 million) and Bee Disease Insurance for up to three hives. You'll also be paired with a local mentor, an experienced beekeeper who will guide and advise you during your first year.

By joining the course, you'll be making a donation to the Hagley & Stourbridge Beekeepers' Association, which includes membership to the British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA). As a BBKA member, you'll receive the BBKA News publication, delivered monthly.

Registration Details:

• The course is limited to 20 candidates.
• Bookings are now being taken on a first-come, first-served basis. Full payment is required to secure your place.
• Both payment and the application form are needed to confirm your spot. No form, no place.
• You can download your application form here
• If you begin the course but do not complete it, your donation is non-refundable.

THE VENUE IS Haybridge High School & Sixth Form College

From Stourbridge take the A491 Hagley Road through Oldswinford traffic lights and in 500 metres fork right onto the B4187 sign posted Hagley.  On entering the 30 mph limit travel downhill to a set of traffic lights and turn right into Station Road.  Go straight over the railway bridge and Haybridge School is on your right just before the pedestrian crossing.

From Birmingham or Bromsgrove go to the island junction of the A456 and A491 Hagley Island and turn off the island into Park Road which is on the right of the war memorial.  Carry straight forward over the speed bumps to the traffic lights and straight over into Station Road then straight over the railway bridge, Haybridge School is on your right just before the pedestrian crossing.

From Kidderminster enter Hagley travelling towards Birmingham and keep left into Worcester Road B4187 sign posted Stourbridge.  In 850 metres at the traffic lights turn left into Station Road then straight over the railway bridge, Haybridge School is on your right just before the pedestrian crossing.

There is ample on site parking

Haybridge High School & Sixth Form College
Brake Lane
Hagley
Stourbridge
DY8 2XS
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