Category: Courses

Exam Success

6 MBA members were mentioned in the latest issue of The Scottish Beekeper for gaining the Basic Beemaster certificate from the SBA education programme. A further 6 members have subsequently passed Module 1: Honeybee Management. Congratulations to all involved!

An exciting day for beginners

It seems that the first thing I say in most of these blog posts is usually something to do with the weather.  Being a beekeeper makes you very focused on it.  Everything revolves around it when it comes to bees.  And this year has been a year of extremes.  From the blast of winter we …

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A bevvy of beemasters

Contributing author:  Viv Hill Saturday July 2 proved to be a wonderfully sunny and calm day – just right for our Beekeeping exam.  We were thrilled to have Ian Craig, a most senior Scottish beekeeper, to come and be our examiner and the first examinee started at 9 a.m. As our out-apiary is now well …

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A flavour of our courses 2011

Here at Moray Beekeepers we take our responsibility to share this wonderful and fascinating pastime with the wider world very seriously. In 2010 we started a comprehensive programme of introductory courses and taster sessions. We were delighted at the response to these courses and so we’re going to do the same again this year. The …

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