With this programme youll gain the skills and confidence to manage your own beehives. Youll meet commercial apiarists in your local area and have the chance to complete an American Foulbrood AFB disease recognition course. Topics include bee behaviour and life cycle beekeeping equipment harvesting and extracting honey and suitable bee forage plants.Course OutlineThere are no electives within this programme and all students undertake the following topics of learningBee behaviour and life cycleSuitable bee forage plantsBeekeeping equipmentBuilding a beehiveHow to feed beesBeehive productsManipulating beehives including swarm control and dividing hivesRequeening beehivesHarvesting and extracting honeyIdentifying and managing pests and diseasesShifting beehivesWintering beehivesCourse ContentAGRI3201 Beekeeping FundamentalsAGRI3202 Manipulating BeehivesAGRI3203 Beehive Disease Management PlanningAGRI3204 Beehive Disease Management ControlCareer Opportunities Graduates of this new programme will be able to work as an assistant beekeeper for commercial operators as an independent beekeeper with a small number of beehives or even develop their own business. Alternatively you will be able to progress into Level 4 Apiculture training either as a leading hand or specialising in queen bee rearing – see the website for further details.Satisfactory CompletionStudents must achieve a pass in each course and attend 85 of workshop sessions to achieve a total of 60 credits as noted in the programme of study to be awarded the New Zealand Certificate in Apiculture Level 3.
