| Prepare
yourself for next beekeeping season: register for certification courses
(#62), build top bar hives, read literature recommended in distance course
and fill in membership form. Natural beekeeping without cruelty to animals,
without frames, artificial parts of the comb, smoke and expensive equipment.
Become partner-apiary of Centre for ecological Apiculture!
Here
you find everything you need as a beginner and as a professional: Courses,
also distance courses, classes in natural top bar hive beekeeping, training
to become a Partner-beekeeper, beekeeping supplies such as top bar hive,
natural beeswarms and further beekeeping equipment.
Notice:
For some courses registration deadline for the following semester is:
2010
/ September / 30
More
Infos: Centre for ecological Apiculture and natural Apitherapy (contact
DI Michael Thiele: Tel. +49 5652917899, Fax: +49 32223740527)
From
Curriculum
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practical
Certificate Courses (# 42, 44, 35, 47) now included in # 62
Did you know that the
Centre for Ecological Apiculture is the only Institution worldwide who
offers a Traineeship for becoming a certified beekeeper of Centre for ecological
Apiculture?
#
62 Traineeship how to become certified partner-apiary of Centre for ecological
apiculture - Ecological Top bar hive Beekeeping Proficiency
Duration:
two semester. Similar training or practical experiences in ecological top
bar hive beekeeping are able to reduce training period.
During
the first semester you'll have the opportunity to apply for first certificate
and Proficiency certificate of Centre for ecological Apiculture. During
second semester certification of your apiary is going to be prepared and
carried out.
Lessons
on Location of bees colonies,
suitable
landscapes for organic/ecological beekeeping
on
the character of bees,
how
to manage Top bar hives,
maintaining
honeybees' health,
preventive
measures and disease control, varroaresitence
how
to obtain a good practice in honey harvest,
how
to handle bees,
how
to find the right time to go to the bees,
Lessons
on processing,
materials,
filling, sieving, filtration,
on
how to storage honey,
discussion
of our standards in beekeeping
considering
the character of bees.
Part
II:
Lessons
on what does the beekeeper need in the beginning?
On
equipment and tools;
on
simple hives mainly used in the world, especially top bar hive;
how
to produce comb honey, run honey, propolis, royal jelly, beesbread, beeswax
according standards of Centre for ecological Apiculture;
Maintaining
honeybees' health;
disease
control with organic acids
On
price calculation in this sector for high quality products
Part
III:
Lessons
on beekeeping considering the character of bees;
what
happens in a beecolony?
On
drones, queens, workers, communication;
on
population during the year,
on
temperature control and critical temperature for the honeybee;
what
do I need to know, if I want to work together with the bees in order to
strengthen the colony?
How
can I work with the bees without doing an assault upon the colony?
On
comb spacing, combs, inspection of the hives,
swarm
prevention/management and control,
making
new colonies within swarming mood;
what
are possible results of artificial queen rearing ("grafting")?
On
telluric and extratelluric forces according M. Thun;
important
honey, pollen and propolis sources which are useful for ecological beekeeping
and which are not?
Types
of bees suitable for organic / natural beekeeping in different zones of
the earth.
Lessions
on quality of beeproduce,
contents
of honey, residuals in beeproduce;
on
honeyfalsification;
historical
aspects of honey adulteration;
legal
honeyadulteration: ultrafiltration
(permitted
since August 2003 in the EU);
more
efficient methods of quality control;
honey
production in different countries;
regulations
and labelling;
Standards
issued by Centre for ecological Apiculture
and
international Certification System
How
to get certified according standards of
Social
Medicine / Natural Apitherapy Research Center?
on
contents of honey and residuals in beeproduce;
on
"organic" quality nowadays;
how
to become a certified organic beekeeper;
more
on the significance of the quality question.
On
price calculation for comb-honey and "run-honey"
Lessions
on the effects of genetically engineered crops, especially on bees;
what
has been carried out regarding side effects and influences on bees?
On
feeding GM-pollen to bees and side effects;
on
long range dispersal and transfer of pollen by bees;
on
GM-crops in different countries of the world;
on
new rules regarding genetic engineering;
recommendations
for beekeepers who want to become certified
according
standards for beekeeping considering the character of bees
proved
by our centre for ecological Apiculture
and
international Certification System.
final
examinations: Certificates I-III
More
information on Traineeship:
contact@thiele-und-thiele-consult.de
Registration
form
Membership:
Application
form membership
More
infos
#
110 Traineeship for becoming certified expert of Centre for ecological
apiculture
Duration:
for becomming a certifier qualification period needs to be about 2-3 semester.
During
the first semester you'll have the opportunity to apply for first certificate
and Proficiency certificate of centre for ecological Apiculture. During
second semester certification of your apiary is going to be prepared and
carried out. B.Sc, M.Sc., Ph.D in Apiculture may be able to shorten
traineeship.
More
information on Traineeship:
contact@thiele-und-thiele-consult.de
Registration
form
Membership:
Application
form membership
More
infos
# 42 First Certificate
Practical Course in organic / ecological Beekeeping
final examination:
First
Certificate
This course is now
included in # 62 Traineeship for becoming a certified apiary of centre
for ecological apiculture
General
Information
Registration
form
# 44 Proficiency
Certificate Practical Course in organic / ecological Beekeeping
final examination:
Proficiency
Certificate.
This course is now
included in # 62 Traineeship for becoming a certified apiary of centre
for ecological apiculture
General
Information
Registration
form
# 35 Practical
Training in organic / ecological Beekeeping
Lessons see # 42
and # 44
final examination:
Certificates I-II
This course is now
included in # 62 Traineeship for becoming a certified apiary of centre
for ecological apiculture
General
Information
Registration
form
# 47 Practical
Training in organic / ecological Beekeeping and
certification
according beekeeping considering the character of bees
This course is now
included in # 62 Traineeship for becoming a certified apiary of centre
for ecological apiculture
General
Information
Registration
form
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