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SUMMARY:Basic Confidence Course with Sussex
DESCRIPTION:Basic Confidence Course with Sussex \nA county-wide course designed to help beekeepers feel confident\, capable\, and calm with the core skills of beekeeping.\nThe programme covers the full BBKA Basic syllabus\, with integrated honeybee health throughout\, and also supports those\nconsidering the Honey Bee Health Certificate.\nFormat\n• 6 online (Zoom) evening sessions\n• Approximately 2 hours per session\n• Delivered by experienced trainers from across Sussex\nThis course stands alone as a confidence-building programme. Taking an assessment is optional.\nSession 1 – Swarming\, Varroa and Keeping Colonies Viable\nThursday 16 April 2026\nTrainer: Malcolm Wilkie\nThis session tackles two of the most important factors affecting colony survival and beekeeper confidence.\nWe will cover:\n• Why honeybee colonies swarm and how to recognise the signs\n• A clear\, straightforward method of swarm control\n• Taking and hiving a swarm\n• Detecting and monitoring varroa\n• Effects of varroa and associated viruses on colonies\n• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approaches\n• Re-infestation\, mite resistance and Parasitic Mite Syndrome
URL:https://sbka.info/event/881/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Basic Confidence Course with Sussex
DESCRIPTION:Session 2 – Bees\, the Beekeeping Year and Feeding\nThursday 23 April 2026\nTrainer: Ian Smith\nUnderstanding how bees live through the year underpins good decision-making.\nWe will cover:\n• Development of queens\, workers and drones\n• Life cycle timings (egg\, larva\, pupa\, adult)\n• Forage\, nectar\, pollen\, water and propolis\n• How colonies pass the winter\n• The annual cycle of work in the apiary\n• Feeding bees: recognising need\, syrup preparation\, when and how to feed\n• Detecting and dealing with colony starvation\n• Supers: when to add them and how to clear bees\n• Robbing: causes\, risks and prevention\n• Small-scale honey extraction\, straining and bottling
URL:https://sbka.info/event/basic-confidence-course-with-sussex/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T190000
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SUMMARY:Basic Confidence Course with Sussex
DESCRIPTION:Session 3 – Hives\, Equipment\, Hygiene and Records\nThursday 30 April 2026\nTrainer: Jude New\nThis session focuses on working cleanly and confidently with modern equipment.\nWe will cover:\n• Parts of a modern hive and their function\n• Bee space and comb spacing in brood and supers\n• Frames and foundation\n• Apiary and equipment hygiene\n• Comb replacement and disease prevention\n• Procedures to reduce disease transmission\n• Record keeping and treatment records
URL:https://sbka.info/event/basic-confidence-course-with-sussex-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260509T090000
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SUMMARY:SBKA Bee Market 2026
DESCRIPTION:SBKA Bee Market 2026 | Sussex Beekeepers Association
URL:https://sbka.info/event/sbka-bee-market-2026/
LOCATION:Uckfield Community College\, Downsview Crescent\, Uckfield\, East Sussex\, TN22 3DJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260514T190000
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SUMMARY:Basic Confidence Course with Sussex
DESCRIPTION:Session 4 – Confident Hive Handling and Inspection Skills\nThursday 14 May 2026\nTrainer: Graham Stuart\nA practical confidence-building session on opening colonies and reading what you see.\nWe will cover:\n• Calm handling of bees and reasons for opening colonies\n• Use of smoker and hive tool\n• Removing and handling combs\n• Identifying workers\, drones and queens\n• Identifying brood at all stages\n• Recognising stores: nectar\, honey and pollen\n• Shaking bees from combs\n• Taking adult bee samples for disease diagnosis
URL:https://sbka.info/event/basic-confidence-course-with-sussex-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260528T190000
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SUMMARY:Basic Confidence Course with Sussex
DESCRIPTION:Session 5 – Queens\, Colonies and the Apiary Environment\nThursday 28 May 2026\nTrainer: Peter Coxon\nThis session focuses on colony continuity and practical apiary management.\nWe will cover:\n• Recognising queenlessness and testing for it\n• Laying workers and drone-laying queens\n• Simple queen introduction\n• Uniting colonies safely\n• Apiary siting and avoiding nuisance to neighbours and livestock\n• Stings and first aid\n• Wax moth control\n• Excluding mice and other pests\n• Cleaning wooden and poly hives
URL:https://sbka.info/event/basic-confidence-course-with-sussex-4/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Basic Confidence Course with Sussex
DESCRIPTION:Session 6 – Bee Health\, Disease Recognition and Responsibilities\nThursday 4 June 2026\nTrainer: Simon Tuck\nThe final session brings together bee health awareness\, statutory responsibilities\, and next steps.\nWe will cover:\n• What healthy brood looks like (sealed and unsealed)\n• Recognising brood diseases\, including AFB\, EFB\, chalk brood\, sac brood\, chilled and bald brood\n• Nosema and acarine: detection and effects\n• What to do if disease is suspected and who to contact\n• Use of lateral flow devices\n• Notifiable diseases and legal responsibilities\n• Spray poisoning: signs and actions\n• Emerging threats to UK beekeeping\n• Shook swarm and Bailey comb change (as health management tools)\n• What’s involved in BBKA Basic and Honey Bee Health (optional progression)
URL:https://sbka.info/event/basic-confidence-course-with-sussex-5/
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