A Beehive Assembly Day

A fun practical day spent learning how to assemble a beehive from a flatpack kit.  All tools, fixings, and flatpack hive parts are provided. 

You will take home a fully assembled cedar National Beehive and frames.  This workshop follows on perfectly from our beekeeping taster day to make a full beekeeping weekend. 

Course Programme: 
1 day 9.30am - 4.30pm

What To Expect:

1.  Classroom intro and H&S briefing

2. Hive and Frame assembly: 
Guiding, via demonstration, each student to assemble their own cedar hive and frames which they take home

This course includes the cost of the hive comprising:

• open mesh floor 
• standard brood box
• 11 Brood frames with british standard deep wired foundation
• Plastic queen excluder
• two super boxes each with 10 frames with 20 sheets of british standard shallow wired foundation.
• crownboard with two plastic porter bee escapes
• 4” roof (or slightly deeper)
• Entrance block

An informal and practical day learning how to assemble a complete beehive and frames from a flatpack kit.

Each student will take home a good quality, fully assembled hive in which they can use to keep bees along with a comprehensive guide to use for assembling equipment in the future.

What To Bring:

Just bring yourself, confirmation of your booking, a notebook, and any questions you may have.

Refreshments will be provided, including a honey-themed cake.  Please bring your own packed lunch.

Parking is available at the entrance to our farm and our training room is just a short walk down our track.

Please arrive at 9.15 for a prompt 9.30 start.