Courses & Education- Basic Assessment Course Spring 2025

(Experience Required 1year + & BBKA membership)

This British Beekeeping Association course builds upon the Introduction to Beekeeping course and will assist relatively inexperienced beekeepers to develop their existing knowledge and skills in apiculture.

Please note that you will need to be a member of the BBKA and to have kept bees for at least a year and had some basic practical experience in order to be eligible for this course.

It is delivered over 4 consecutive weeks, in 2.25 hour evening sessions, once a week, followed by a practical assessment preparation session. 

Dates:  4th, 11th, 18th & 25th March 2025

Time:  6.30-8.45pm

Venue: Teaching Apiary, Bath Beekeepers Association, Park Farm, Newton St Loe, BA2 9JA

Fee: £20 to BBKA Members

The BBKA Basic Assessment Syllabus underpins the course and structures the weekly sessions, it lists the basic things which all beekeepers should know. Do take a look:

Course completion is followed by a practical/oral assessment, usually taken early Summer, which you will be well prepared for.   **Bath BKA will fund the assessment for Bath BKA members who sit and pass it.**

• To take the Basic Assessment you should have managed at least one colony of bees for a minimum of 12 months & hold BBKA Membership

For further information, please contact Alison Holman, Education Secretary,  holmae57@gmail.com 

Place:
Bath Beekeepers’ Teaching Apiary,
Park Farm,
Newton-St-Loe,
Bath. BA2 9JA