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This is a Self Paced 20-hour course or an 8 hour Workshop delivered over 2 evenings at our Latrobe (Tasmania) campus. Developed to help you understand more about bees, beekeeping and honey.

If you have ever been curious about keeping your own bees and you have no idea where to start, this course is for you. This course will help you understand more about bee biology, bee hierarchy, bee hives and how to integrate bees into your garden and within the landscape.

Study this course for a foundation in bees, beekeeping and honey. Develop an understanding of how to manage bees in the environment, and in the hive. Learn to produce and harvest honey and understand more ways of using what you produce. What you learn here can benefit both people who already keep bees, as well as people who aspire to keep bees. If you want to understand the subject more broadly and in greater depth, this is a really good way of doing that.
Our 20 hour courses are self paced and will help you understand a topic in a short amount of time. You can work through the course when you like- test yourself with mini-tests along the way. There are extra case studies or research you can undertake if you would really like to get into the topic. Once you have completed the lessons and self assessment tasks, there is a final exam undertaken online- you can then download your personalised certificate.

There are 8 lessons as follows

Lesson 1 – Scope and nature of bees and beekeeping

• Locating a hive
• Types of bees
• Review what you have been learning

Lesson 2 – Bee biology

• Bee physiology
• Castes and their roles
• Review what you have been learning

Lesson 3 – Equipment, materials, obtaining bees

• Obtaining bees
• Step by step honey extraction
• Review what you have been learning

Lesson 4 – The Hive – types, construction, inspection

• The hive
• Choosing the right hive
• Inspecting hives
• Review what you have been learning

Lesson 5 – Working Bees: seasonal husbandry and harvesting

• Seasonal tasks
• Honey production
• Working with the different bee species
• Review what you have been learning

Lesson 6 – Bee Health Management

• Pests
• Diseases
• Viruses
• Review what you have been learning

Lesson 7 – Bees in the Landscape

• Attracting bees to your garden
• Review what you have been learning
• Lesson 8 Using Honey and Bee Products
• Review what you have been learning
• Final assessment

You can enrol at any time. Once you have paid for the course, you will be able to start straight away. Study when and where you like. Work through at your own pace.

You can download your study-guide to your smart phone, tablet or laptop to read offline.

There are automated self-assessment tests you can complete at the end of each lesson. You can attempt these as many times as you wish and each time, upon completion, you can see your results. You will need internet access to complete the self assessment tests.

At the end of the course, you are presented with a large assessment which can be attempted online, anywhere, anytime. If you achieve a 60% pass in the exam; you immediately receive a downloadable certificate of completion with your name on it.