# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Starting Up Small-Scale Beekeeping – Aberdeenshire
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 10:30 am – Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Lorraine Johnston, Bee Advisory Officer for SRUC Veterinary Services, will talk you through everything you need to know if you are thinking of starting up or have recently started beekeeping. 

You will learn about the life-cycle of the honey bee, how they pollinate flowers and crops, and how to keep healthy honey bees.

We will cover:

- Equipment
- Costs
- Obtaining bees
- Swarming
- Native bee considerations
- Legal responsibilities
- Disease and pests
- Feeding
- Siting an apiary

We start at 10.30am and finish at 3pm. Lunch, tea and coffee provided. Free of charge for smallholders, crofters and farmers.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/aberdeen/starting-up-small-scale-beekeeping-aberdeenshire/200029702478259
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.fas.scot/events/event/starting-up-small-scale-beekeeping-aberdeenshire/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=aberdeen-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Aberdeen
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Thainstone Agricultural Centre, Inverurie, AB51 5, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 57.255630057136
- **long**: -2.3715958309748
- **full address**: Thainstone Agricultural Centre, Inverurie, AB51 5, United Kingdom, Aberdeen & Northern Marts, Inverurie, AB51 5, United Kingdom, Aberdeen

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Scotland's Farm Advisory Service - FAS (https://allevents.in/org/scotlands-farm-advisory-service-fas/26796840)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 10:30 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thainstone Agricultural Centre, Inverurie, AB51 5, United Kingdom, Aberdeen & Northern Marts, Inverurie, AB51 5, United Kingdom, Aberdeen
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Scotland's Farm Advisory Service - FAS
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Starting Up Small-Scale Beekeeping – Aberdeenshire ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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