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Beginner Online Course (2025)
Our two classroom based courses are held in the February-March timeframe each year. These courses are now completed and no longer available. Our next in-person courses will be in the spring of 2026.
However, we offer this online, self-paced course. The course covers basic theory and handling of bees and comprises recordings of 8 sessions, each of approximately 1.5 hours duration, delivered by experienced beekeepers for a previous beginners training course. The course fee is £98 and includes access to the training, additional handout material and full membership of Bedfordshire Beekeepers Association until 31st December 2025.
It is important for new beekeepers to get experience working with live bees under the guidance of an experienced beekeeper, ideally before getting bees of their own. Thus, in addition to the online theory course, we very much hope that those who have completed it will take the opportunity to experience practical hands-on beekeeping at one of our Association teaching apiaries (Bedford and Luton); sessions are held on Sunday mornings during the beekeeping season (places and weather permitting).