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Founders of Melbourne City Rooftop Honey, Vanessa Kwiatkowski and Mat Lumalasi will lead this class and cover everything you need to know about getting started with bees in your own backyard.
 
We will discuss the history of keeping bees, as well as their habits and important role in pollination. During the class we’ll look at equipment, regulations and pollen sources, as well as what’s available in the local area to help you start your own hive and the all-important harvesting and extraction of precious honey.

This workshop is an introduction to beekeeping for home gardeners. Click here to book the advanced course studying beekeeping in further depth in spring.
Learn more about Melbourne City Rooftop Honey here. 

Additional Details

Please note this is a theoretical class.

Tea/coffee and biscuits are provided only, you are welcome to bring your own lunch if you would like something more substantial.

Enter the College via the main reception area, which is located near the end of Cromwell Street, and follow the signs to the kitchen.

Public transport is often a good way to get to Collingwood College, with Collingwood train station only minutes away. However, on Saturdays there is usually parking available in the immediate vicinity of the College. Other parking options are generally the north and south sides of Hoddle Street, in Gipps Street and in the parking zone at the end of Islington Street.

Please note, the Foundation endeavours to proceed with each Public Workshop as planned, however in the instance of very low numbers of registrants or other unfortunate events we reserve the right to cancel a workshop up to 48 hours before scheduled. In all cases we will do our utmost to inform registrants a week in advance of any cancellation, and a 100% refund will be made