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* Fees are chargeable each year and the fees quoted will be for the current year only, if the course is more than 1 year further fees will be due next year.
A classroom-based one-day course designed for those with an interest in biodiversity and who are eager to promote bees, butterflies, and other pollinators into the garden, window box or allotment.
This course will teach you about the importance of insects, their role in pollination and how to attract them into your garden without having to become a beekeeper, or resort to pesticides or even know that they are there.
On successful completion of the course, candidates will be awarded a college certificate ofattendance.
Our short course provision at Holme Lacy College is continually growing. Why not try felting, Intro to dog grooming or‘Go wild with wildflowers.’
Section 1: Why attract pollinators?
The different types of bees
Is it a bee?
Other beneficial insects; wasps, butterflies, hoverflies, moths
Small mammals and amphibians, nature’s pest controllers.
From field to plate
Section 2: Plants & pollination
How to attract pollinators into the garden
When/ which plants to grow
Garden the seasons, saving seeds
Adapting the environment to accommodate important pollinators.
Bee hotels
Ponds don’t have to be dug when a dish will do.
1.30pm Section 3: An introduction to keeping honeybees.
Commitments and expectations of a beekeeper
The honeybee calendar.
The importance of maintaining a balanced bee population
The benefits of keeping honeybees
Predators, pests and diseases of honeybees
Hive products and their uses
Is it real honey or a fake import?
10am to 3pm
Cost £70
Next available dates:
1st March 2025
7th June 2025
Please bring your own packed lunch and a drink
On successful completion of the course, candidates will be awarded a collegecertificate of attendance.
Applicants must be 19 years or above to enrol on this course. No further entryrequirements are needed.
