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, starting on Monday 1st October 2018 and continue each first Monday of every month up to and including May 2019. The meetings in June and July are planned to take place at Shugborough. 7 pm till 9pm.
The Assessment will take place late July 2019
You qualify to join this group if you will have kept one colony of bees for at least 12 months by July 2019.

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BASIC ASSESSMENT SUPPORT GROUP TIMETABLE

Basic Assessment Time Table 2018

Basic
Assessment Time Table 2018 – 19

Session	Date	Time	Venue	Syllabus content	Tutor
1	01-10-18	7-9pm	Lichfield Fire Station	1.1-1.6 1.18-1.21	Trevor
2	05-11-18	7-9pm	Lichfield Fire Station	2.1-2.8	Trevor Jo
3	03-12-18	7-9pm	TBC	2.10-2.16	Trevor Tutees
4	07-01-19	7-9pm	TBC	Frame making, Quiz	Trevor
5	04-02-19	7-9pm	TBC	3.1-3.7	Stuart
6	04-03-19	7-9pm	TBC	4.1-4.11	Julian Routh
7	01-04-19	7-9pm	TBC	4.1-4.11	Trevor
8	06-05-19	7-9pm	Shugborough or alternative apiary	1.7-1.17	Trevor
9	03-06-19	7-9pm	Shugborough or alternative apiary	Mock assessment	various
10	TBC	All day	Shugborough or alternative apiary	Assessment	Julian Routh
11	TBC	All day	Shugborough or alternative apiary	Assessment	Julian Routh