This winter some of us fledgling beekeepers are getting together to work through the syllabus for the basic assessment (equivalent of a driving test for beekeepers). You can take the test once you have kept bees for a whole year. It is an oral test with some practical elements for instance you may have to demonstrate that you know how to light a smoker or make a frame for a beehive.
It has been fun getting together and trying to remind ourselves of all we learnt last year. We are led by Tim who tries to keep us on schedule but often we digress and start chatting and telling anecdotes about how we got on this year.
The thing that really puts me off doing the basic assessment is that you have to do the test infront of an audience. I'm not very good with audiences, I can be quite good at doing things if no one is watching!
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