Biology teacher
2014-09 – PresentGimnazija Vič · Ljubljana
Years 8 to 10 biology, the Thursday apiary club and the school garden. Wrote the school's first beekeeping module.
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Maja Kovač
Biology teacher and beekeeper
- [email protected]
- +386 40 555 0199
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- example.com
I teach biology to fourteen-year-olds on weekdays and keep fourteen hives on two Ljubljana rooftops and a school garden the rest of the time. Six years of beginners' courses, sixty-two graduates, three harvests a year and a newsletter about all of it.
Work
Beekeeper
2017-05 – PresentOwn apiaries · Ljubljana
Fourteen hives across three sites, three harvests a year, a market stall, courses, talks and swarm collection.
Field assistant
2012-06 – 2014-08National Institute of Biology · Ljubljana
Pollinator surveys on the Ljubljana marsh, which is where the meadow hives are now.
Education
Master of Biology Education
2010-10 – 2014-06University of Ljubljana · Ljubljana
Thesis on pollinator diversity in urban gardens.
Beekeeping certificate
2016-10 – 2017-04Slovenian Beekeepers' Association · Brdo
The 60-hour course, then the mentor year on a colleague's apiary.
Skills
- Queen rearing
- Swarm control
- Honey extraction and jarring
- Teaching mixed-age groups
- Frame building and hive carpentry
- Pollinator surveys
Languages
- Slovenian Native
- English Fluent
- German Conversational
Certificates
Beekeeping mentor licence
2021Slovenian Beekeepers' Association
Honey sensory assessor
2023Apimondia regional panel
Talks
What a city can do for a bee
2022 to 2025Ljubljana City Library, autumn series
Eleven talks last winter with the observation hive.
Keeping bees on a school roof
2024National biology teachers' conference
How the Thursday club runs and what it costs.