This 16 hour course including practical experience and run over two days is designed to equip people to keep their own bees at home. It is run along lines of BBKA courses though with an accent on minimal use of chemicals where possible. This type of beekeeping generally uses Frame National Hives or similar and is run by Neil Cruickshank of the BBKA Penrith Group.

http://www.greystokecyclecafe.co.uk/Beekeeping.htm

http://www.bbka.org.uk/