The BBKA beekeeping basic assessment is for those beekeepers who have kept one colony of bees for at least one year. It is a practical assessment which examines the beekeepers practical skills and knowledge.  It covers:

• Frame Making
• Smoker lighting and maintenance
• Ability to handle bees
• Recognise, name and manipulate hive parts
• Recognise, name and discuss:
  • Worker Bees, worker brood in all stages
  • Drones, drone brood
  • Queen and queen cells
  • Honey store
  • Pollen Stores
  • Common bee diseases
  • Common brood disease
• Be able to collect a sample of bees for testing

For further information follow this link BBKA Basic Assessment

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Basic Assessment Study Support Group

The study support group will meet at Lichfield Community fire station. Dates Below/
You qualify to join this group if you will have kept one colony of bees for at least 12 months by July 2020.

Basic Assessment training at Lichfield Fire Station

• 27^th January
• 24^th February
• 30^th march
• 27^th April
• 25^th May
• 29^th June

Basic Assessment exam at Shugborough Apiary

• 12^th July
• 23^rd July

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BASIC ASSESSMENT SUPPORT GROUP TIMETABLE

To be confirmed.