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Urban Beekeeping

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What’s it all about?

The world needs bees.

They are vital for pollinating flowers and crops (as well as providing us with delicious honey), but today they face a number of threats. In this workshop, we will learn about bees and their behaviour, and explore what is involved in keeping bees in suburban Melbourne.

What will we cover?

We will start off by meeting the bees! There will be live bees and honeycomb to look at in a secure cabinet and a discussion of bee behaviour, hive management and the equipment a new beekeeper needs to work bees will also be reviewed.

The main practical topics discussed will be:

  • Establishing a hive,
  • Understanding the tasks to be carried out in spring,
  • How to go about robbing and extracting honey, and
  • Swarm control.

Who will be teaching?

robertRobert Redpath first learnt beekeeping from his father who was a commercial beekeeper and honey merchant. After a career in other areas Robert launched Bee Sustainable 18 months ago in Brunswick East. Bee Sustainable specialises in supporting self-sufficient activity including urban beekeeping.