Want to try something new or realise your dream of keeping bees at the bottom of your garden? Now’s the time to start.

Join South West Hampshire Beekeepers’ ‘Beekeeping for Beginners’ course in Brockenhurst and experience the delightful and fascinating world of the honeybee.

A combination of 7 evening classes, plus apiary visits and your own bee buddy. You’ll have the support of fellow trainees, the club and meet like-minded people.

Here’s what attendees say:

‘This gave me a great insight into the life of the honeybee, along with the practice and theory of how to manage a colony of bees in a hive’

‘I found the course slightly overwhelming but my bee buddy made a massive difference’

‘The first apiary visit was the highlight and ultimately very expensive – as that evening I bought my first hive’

‘I gained a lot of support from the club and met like-minded people’

‘Watching bees work away in their hive is the best way to de-stress I have ever come across’.

Book your place now

Or go to www.swhbk.org.uk/new-beekeeper or email training.swhbk@gmail.com for more information.