{"id":7677,"date":"2016-04-29T09:01:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T08:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/blog\/?p=7677"},"modified":"2016-04-29T09:01:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T08:01:19","slug":"wood-centre-abuzz-with-first-woodworking-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/wood-centre-abuzz-with-first-woodworking-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood Centre abuzz with first woodworking course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Last Saturday we hosted our first woodworking course at the Sylva Wood Centre.\u00a0 The course was organised on behalf of the Oxfordshire Natural Beekeeping Group.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Course tutor Matt Mercy uses locally-grown western red cedar and larch for his hives, so the course chimed perfectly with Sylva\u2019s principles of using more sustainably-grown wood products.\u00a0 Matt helped 14 students to make Warr\u00e9\u00a0hives.\u00a0 These types of hives are favoured in \u2018natural beekeeping\u2019 for their high level of insulation and a &#8216;chimney effect&#8217;, which keeps the bees warmer than some other hive types. Also the hive boxes have shuttered window inserts which allow for non-intrusive observations of bee colony activity and health.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7678\" style=\"width: 860px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GabrielHemery-1090015.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7678 noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7678\" class=\"wp-image-7678\" src=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GabrielHemery-1090015.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GabrielHemery-1090015.jpg 640w,https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GabrielHemery-1090015-355x751.jpg 1024w,https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GabrielHemery-1090015.jpg 1440w,https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GabrielHemery-1090015.jpg 1920w\" alt=\"Oxford Natural Beekeeping Group workshop at the Sylva Wood Centre\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oxford Natural Beekeeping Group workshop at the Sylva Wood Centre, April 2016<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Natural beekeeping\u2019 covers a spectrum of approaches to keeping bees which encompass bee-centric, low intervention, chemical-free methodologies. This is a holistic approach that facilitates natural bee behaviours and promotes bee health through providing healthy hive environments and allowing for natural selection of robust \u2018hygienic\u2019 gene pools.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Mercy, course Tutor, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI was very impressed with the facilities provided and would highly recommend the Sylva Wood Centre to other tutors\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Paul Honigmann on behalf of the Oxfordshire Natural Beekeeping Group said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cmany, many thanks for organising our course at the Sylva Wood Centre. \u00a0Everyone left happy and smiling and with something physical they&#8217;d made &#8211; and for several, the event was their first face to face meeting with other natural beekeepers &#8211; a great day for all\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more on the website of the <a href=\"https:\/\/oxnatbees.wordpress.com\/2016\/04\/28\/hive-building-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oxfordshire Natural Beekeeping Group.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Are you a woodwork tutor? Please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Orsi<\/a> if you are interested in running a woodworking course at the Sylva Wood Centre.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday we hosted our first woodworking course at the Sylva Wood Centre.  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