Continuing your beekeeping education
After completing the beginners’ course, we recommend that you help out at an apiary (one of our association apiaries or another!) with an experienced beekeeper for at least a full beekeeping season before purchasing your own bees.
BASIC ASSESSMENT IN BEEKEEPING
Once you’ve supported an experienced beekeeper for at least a year, the BBKA “Basic Assessment in Beekeeping” provides a way of confirming your knowledge and skill in handling bees. The association can help you prepare for the assessment and arrange booking it and hosting it at one of our association apiaries.
www.bbka.org.uk/basic
Modules
Once you have passed the Basic Assessment, there are seven modules of study (there is no Module 4). We recommend that you form a group to study one of these modules or work towards them on an individual basis.