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
If you have any questions about the Basic Assessment or would like to find out more, please do not hesitate to get in touch with either of the Association’s Educational Leads, Trevor Smith and Wendy Woodward.
Education Lead
Trevor Smith

