Beginning in bees

Manage Pest and Disease within a Honey Bee Colony

This online course provides beekeepers with the skills to recognise, monitor and manage the impact of pests and diseases on honey bee colonies, and has been developed to align with two units of competency from the Certificate III in Beekeeping AHC31818

Quality assurance for honey extraction

This online course teaches the skills and knowledge required to operate honey extraction equipment safely and to extract honey fit for human consumption.

Grapevine integrated pest and disease management

An interactive, thought-provoking course for wine industry personnel who want to better understand integrated grapevine pest and disease management.

Spring management of honey bee colonies

Looking to increase your hive numbers, manage swarm behaviour, and boost honey production? This two-day course at Tocal will help you do just that, as well as prepare strong healthy hives for pollination services and queen bee rearing.

Cotton pest management

Control pests in cotton. From aphids to whiteflies, and helicoverpa to spider mites and mirids, Tocal’s Cotton Pest Management training will help you get on top of the problem.

Using bees for pollination

Is your colony strong enough to take on pollination jobs? How much will you make from pollination? And for the horticulturist, is your farm suited to pollination? How would you know? This one-day course at Tocal is for both beekeepers and horticulturists to make the most of the symbiotic benefits of using bees for large-scale pollination.