A Complete, All-In-One-Place Training Program
If you’re new to beekeeping, you’ll find tons of information online that can help you on your beekeeping journey. But a one-stop-shop that actually WALKS you through each decision you need to make along the way, from buying a hive to harvesting honey? Ours is the first and only one currently available.
- Beekeeping Apprentice isn’t so much a training program as it is an apprenticeship.
- Learn what bees need to survive and thrive, get a steady supply of free honey, and leave a legacy on our ailing planet
- It takes some learnin’ to get thriving, honey-producing, happy hives
Beekeeping Apprentice has raised the bar of learning the beekeeping craft. The Beekeeping Apprentice Team continues to develop an innovative approach to learning beekeeping while staying true to benefits and welfare of the bees and our ailing planet.
This is designed to support you in your beekeeping journey, a response to your growing passion for Beekeeping and an answer to the gaps of becoming a confident beekeeper and a way to leave a legacy on our ailing planet.
COURSE CURRICULUM
Introduction
Welcome to Beekeeping Apprentice
Lesson 1: Falling In love with Bees
- The Life of a Honey Bee
- Why the World Needs Bees
Lesson 2: Starting Your Beekeeping Adventure
- Urban Beekeeping
- Placement of Your Hive
- Purchasing Bees
- Food Sources and Water
- Bee-Friendly Gardens
- Guide to Creating a Bee-Friendly Garden
- Collecting Nectar and Pollen
Lesson 3: Equipment & Supplies - Beekeeping Gear
- Buying Your Gear - What You Really Need, Where to Buy It?
- Protective Clothing
- Hive Tool
- Smoker
- Beginners Buyer's Guide to Beekeeping Suppliers
Lesson 3: Equipment & Supplies - Comparing Common Hives
- Langstroth
- Warre Hive
- Flow Hive
- Hex Hive
- Kenya Top Bar Hive
*5 Frame Nuc Hive
Lesson 4: Taking a Peek Inside the Hive
- Inspecting the Hive
- Hive Inspection Form (What to look for)
- Signs of Disease
- Hive Temperature
Lesson 5: Expanding & Splitting Hives
- Hive Expansion
- Moving Nucleus to Langstroth
- Transferring to Warre Hive
Lesson 6: Common Problems
- Common Beginner Problems
- Bee Swarming
- Seasonal Impacts on Beekeeping
Lesson 7: Sweet Rewards - Honey Production and Harvesting
Getting More Professional
Lesson 7: Sweet Rewards - Making Beeswax Candles
Making Beeswax Candles
Bonus FAQs
- Can I Keep Bees in My Backyard
- How much honey will the bees make?
- How Do I Look After the Bees?
- Will I get stung? If I do what can I do about it?
- Preventing Swarms
- Where Do I Buy a Beehive?
- I Accidentally Killed the Queen - What Do I Do?
- There are lots of Dead Bees in Front of My Hive - What Do I Do?
- Beekeeping Apprentice Survey
- Getting to Know the Apprentice
- You're Journey to Expert Beekeeping
- Becoming an Expert Beekeeper
With this vast of topics you'll definitely understand how to start your beekeeping dream!
Where’s the thylacine keeping course?
bees’ll be history soon enough