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Course Photos

The following are photos of students at the Basic Beekeeping course taken at the Association's apiary.
Students at the Association's Apiary.

Our experienced beekeepers demonstrate the correct methods of working with bees.

Students undertaking inspections of the brood box.

Under the instruction and close supervision of our experienced beekeepers students are given hands on experience in working with the bees, examining the hives, bees and brood and checking for disease.

Students and Instructor discussing the progress of a new season swarm.

Everyone get an opportunity for hands on experience.

Examining an individual frame of bees.

In the photos below students are shown the different types of activity that can be found in the brood box.

Checking a brood frame for disease.

A frame full of pollen of many different colours.

Queen cells.

Checking for disease.

Examining a frame containing pollen.

These bees have been busy constructing queen cells.

Photos by: Angie O'Neil & John Rice
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