To begin at the beginning

I've had a long interest in bees but had not thought seriously about owning a hive until I noticed how few bees were around and how poor pollination was in our fruit trees.

I read a few books from the library and quickly realised some sort of beginners beekeeping course would be very useful.

Luckily, the local Hawke's Bay branch of the National Bee Keepers Association were about to run just such a course. Two hours each Tuesday night for 6 weeks with a practical bee visit on one Saturday. Run by a wonderful teacher, Deanna Corbett.

Beginning bee keepers learning from John Berry