9th October

Hill Top Hives - Introduction to Beekeeping

Name: Hill Top Hives - Introduction to Beekeeping
Start: 2024-10-09T19:00:00+1100
End: 2024-11-06T21:00:00+1100
Location: Hill Top Hives

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Event description

The Introduction to Beekeeping Course consists of a 2.0 hour online theory session delivered to you live (Via ZOOM) in the comfort of your home and a 5.0 hour open hive field day at our apiary in Mirboo North covering hands on training. Their will be many opportunities to ask questions and participate in discussion. The course includes, honeybee social structure, stages of bee development, nutrition, inspecting brood, lighting a smoker, opening and reassembling a beehive safely, beekeeping equipment, identifying common pests and diseases and beekeeper responsibilities,

THE FIELD DAY WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY,AFTER THE THEORY SESSION(WEATHER DEPENDING), OR RESHEDULED IF NECESSARY.

You can bring your own clean freshly laundered beekeeping suit or beekeeping suits and gloves can be hired for an additional $30

No previous beekeeping experience is necessary to register and is also relevant for beekeepers starting out with a Flow Hive.

If you have a known anaphylactic reaction to bee stings we discourage you from registering for this course.

Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity

Hostinformation

Peter Gatehouse

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The Beekeeper - Peter Gatehouse

Born and raised in Melbourne, I decided to move to the countryside at age 26 with my wife, Margaret. I have always gravitated towards more 'earthy' interests and hobbies, even though I have been working as a Medical Laboratory Scientist in various Hospitals and medical facilities for the past 30 years.

My interest in beekeeping has been a fascinating and rewarding hobby for the past few years, however a recent workplace restructure found me being retrenched after 22 years with the same company. Rather than despair, I saw this as an opportunity to create the lifestyle I have always yearned for, so I founded Hill Top Hives in the Spring of 2016.

My qualifications and experience as a medical scientist have actually helped develop my skills to work as a beekeeper. In particular, being able to inspect hives for pests and diseases is not all that different to scanning different samples in a pathology laboratory. Once you have a good grasp of what is normal and healthy the abnormal and diseased is easier to spot.

Working hives is an absolute joy. Bees are fascinating insects to watch. They don't work for their individual needs, instead working together as one 'organism' which is the colony or the hive. We could all learn a thing or two from the ways that bees live their lives.

Qualifications

BAppSc “Medical Laboratory Science” RMIT -1991

Pests and Diseases of the Honeybee , TOCAL College, NSW 2017

President - South Gippsland Beekeepers Inc. 2016 - 2018

Vice President - South Gippsland Beekeepers Inc 2018 - Present

Vice President - Gippsland Apiarists Association (GAA) 2023 - Present

Educator/Instructor- Beginners beekeeping course, South Gippsland Beekeepers Inc

State Quarantine Response Team member (SQRT) - Agriculture Victoria

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