Bee Keeping

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€160

Night Classes Autumn 2022
Registration opens in July 2022 for the next group of Night Courses to be delivered in September 2022.

Course outline
This course provides its participants with a foundation in the practice of beekeeping and is open to all ages.

With the aid of classroom demonstrations, videos and photographs we will go through the lifecycle of the honeybee. Keeping bees may seem complicated but with guidance and learning it is a craft worth acquiring.

This 8 week course is aims at to equip you with the knowledge and confidence to manage your own hive.

'The bee’s life is like a magic well: the more you draw from it, the more it fills with water’.

Karl Von Frisch, Bees: Their Vision, Chemical Senses and Language

Tutor: Mark Riordan

Email: Mark.riordan@stjohnscollege.ie
Adult Education office:
Telephone: 086-0410668
Email: nightcollege@stjohnscollege.ie