Sometimes things just all fall into place.
We plan to keep bees at Amherst to help with pollinating the orchard as well as for honey and beeswax.
But neither of us know the first thing about bee-keeping.
I'd been expecting it would be a hassle to find somewhere local to learn and thus we'd be better starting over here in the UK despite the climate and bee strain differences. But it turns out that couldn't be further from the truth.
The Central Goldfields region of which we're smack bang in the middle is apparently a centre for the Honey Bee industry in Australia!!!! Who knew???
Because of this, the local TAFE has multiple courses all about bee keeping. The one that sounds perfect for us is a 7 week course, 1 evening per week plus 2 weekend day practical sessions.
So bees can wait. Thank goodness, 'cos I wasn't looking forward to attempting it here in urban London. :-)
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