Yorkshire Beekeeping Experience – Full Day
Learn everything there is to know about starting out in beekeeping
£120.00 PER PERSON
This experience will have you buzzing with excitement, on a full day beekeeping experience for one with More Bees Please Based in Sheffield.
Spend a day with David and his busy bees.
With a mixture of talks and hands-on sessions, you’ll learn everything there is to know about starting out in beekeeping. The programme is split into several different sections so you’re not bombarded with too much bee talk at once. Refreshments will be provided throughout the day. In essence, this is a fun and interactive, yet laid-back look at beekeeping.
Starting with the bee basics, you’ll hear about bee biology, how colonies work, and communicate (truly fascinating stuff!) and their life cycle. Then it’s time to take a look at the life of a beekeeper. You’ll be shown what looking after bees entails, what types of hives there are and how you harvest honey. You will also discover how honey is made and how important pollination is.
Indeed, this Sheffield beekeeping workshop goes one step further, by showing you just which flowers and plants you should grow to attract your bees, And of course, on a warm summer’s day you’ll see the bees flying from their hive to bring back pollen and nectar. It’s honey making happening live in front of your eyes!
Dressed up in your beekeeper suit, you’ll also get to see what goes on inside the busy hive, as these full-day workshops include plenty of interaction with the bees. You’ll be shown how to lift the lids and how to spot the queen bee.
There will also be time to taste the honey produced by David’s bees, and it is quite simply delicious. David will tell you why and how different types of honey exist!
What’s included:
🐝 Fully Insured
🐝 One day beekeeping workshop, small groups
🐝 Learn how to care for and keep honeybees in an ethical and sustainable way
🐝 A mix of practical and theory covering topics such as learning about the honeybee, what equipment you will use, how to care for your honeybees and how honey is made
🐝 Refreshments provided but please bring a packed lunch
🐝Hands-on time working with the honeybees at the outdoor beehive
🐝 Beekeeping equipment including bee suits and gloves are provided
Yorkshire Beekeeping Experience – Full Day
Yorkshire Beekeeping Experience – Full Day is offered by the amazing apiarists at More Bees Please near Sheffield.
The family run beekeeping business is based in Sheffield & Rotherham. They are passionate about bees and the amazing effect they have on the environment and have set up their own breeding program to improve the quality and disease resistant strain of bees.
With over 200 hives in South Yorkshire & Derbyshire, they are ethical beekeepers, and look after their bees well. During the winter months, they ensure that the bees have enough honey stores to survive the winter, without feeding sugar syrup. They are firmly putting the bees before any profit, unlike most large bee farming companies.
As well as educating people on the importance of bees and ethical beekeeping the family are also artisan producers of the finest award winning honey & beeswax products.
For those wanting an introductory experience a Half Day Bee Keeping Experience is also available.
The bee keeping experience will take place near Sheffield.
This is a full day experience.
All of our vouchers are fully flexible and can be redeemed against any of our listed experiences. The recipient may exchange their voucher if they don't like the experience they have been bought. Just see our FAQs for details.
The season runs April to September so experiences must be booked during these months.
The minimum age is 8 years old.
The Full Day Bee Keeping Experience costs £120 for one person.
Your voucher will have a contact name and information about booking your experience. If you have any questions before booking please get in touch.
You have a year from the date of purchase to book this experience.
Our eco-friendly voucher boxes are available for £3.50 and will be sent via Royal Mail first class post. PDF e-vouchers are FREE and emailed shortly after ordering.
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