QUALIFIED BEEKEEPER

I am proud to share that as of 2023 I am a qualified beekeeper! This is a huge achievement in my personal journey and I’m so excited for this passion to be more than just a hobby! The old saying is, “love what you do and you never have to work a day in your life” - I count myself as blessed to have found that passion to live that quote and have the confident and support network to have made it a reality.

On the journey to become qualified, the course covered an extensive line-up of units, including field days out at Zabel Beekeeping! The units covered were:

• AHCBEK203 Open and reassemble a beehive

• AHCBEK205 Prepare and use a bee smoker

• AHCBEK206 Assemble and maintain beekeeping components

• AHCBEK301 Manage honey bee swarms

• AHCBEK302 Manipulate honey bee brood

• AHCBEK303 Re-queen a honey bee colony

• AHCBEK304 Remove a honey crop from a hive

• AHCBEK311 Transport bee hives by road to new apiary site

• AHCBEK312 Extract honey

• AHCBEK313 Manage pests and disease within a honey bee colony

• AHCBEK405 Select and establish an apiary site

• AHCWHS301 Contribute to work health and safety processes

• AHCWRK306 Comply with industry quality assurance requirements

• AHCBEK409 Rear queen bees

• AHCPCM204 Recognise plants

• AHCNRM301 - Establish an Australian native stingless bee colony

This qualification proudly sits along other achievements like Certificate III in Children’s Services, Dipoloma of Montessori Education and Certtificate IV in Training and Assessment. Who knows, maybe the next step is becoming a qualified beekeeping trainer!