Beekeeping lessons

Thirty short video lessons covering a full beekeeping year, from choosing your first colony to rearing your own queens. Free to watch, no account needed.

Beginner
1

What should I know before I start beekeeping?

Costs, time, and what your first year really looks like.

1:45
2

How is a bee colony organised?

Queen, workers, drones — who does what in the hive.

1:40
3

What equipment do I need to start beekeeping?

Boxes, frames, tools, and the gear worth buying.

1:40
4

Which bee breed should I choose?

Compare popular bee races and pick the right fit.

1:40
5

How do I buy my first bee colony?

Nucs vs packages, prices, and what to check on pickup.

1:40
6

Where should I put my beehive?

Sun, wind, water, neighbors — placing your hive right.

1:40
7

How do I open a beehive for the first time?

Smoker, movements, and confidence for the first look inside.

1:40
8

How do I read the frames in a beehive?

Read brood, pollen, and honey patterns like a pro.

1:40
9

How do I find the queen in a hive?

Spotting the queen fast — and what if she is missing.

1:40
10

How often should I inspect my hive?

The right inspection rhythm for every season.

1:40
11

Why do bees swarm, and how do I prevent it?

Swarm signals and how to stay ahead of them.

1:40
12

How and when should I feed my bees?

Syrup, fondant, pollen — what, when, and how much.

1:40
13

What should I do for my hives in spring?

Wake the colony up strong after winter.

2:12
14

How do I manage hives through summer?

Heat, dearth, and robbing — midsummer management.

1:40
15

What is varroa and how do I treat it?

The #1 mite: spotting, counting, and treating varroa.

1:40
16

How do I prepare a beehive for autumn?

Feeding and shrinking the nest before the cold.

1:40
17

How do bees survive winter?

The winter cluster, and how to help it make it.

1:40
18

When should I harvest honey?

Ripeness signs and how much honey to take.

1:40
19

How do I extract and store honey?

From frame to jar: extracting, filtering, storing.

1:40
20

What should I have learned in my first year of beekeeping?

Lessons from season one, and your year-two plan.

1:40
Advanced
1

How do I manage colony population and brood cycles?

Population dynamics, brood cycles, and reading colony health.

1:27
2

How do I identify and treat bee diseases?

Diagnose AFB to nosema, and treat with natural methods.

1:33
3

How do I harvest pollen, propolis and royal jelly?

Pollen, propolis, royal jelly — harvesting beyond honey.

1:25
4

How do I rear and mate my own queens?

Grafting, mating nucs, and raising quality queens.

1:42
5

How do I keep bees through climate extremes?

Keeping colonies productive through extreme seasons.

1:30
6

How does bee genetics and selective breeding work?

Selective breeding and the behavior genes behind it.

1:33
7

How do hive sensors and digital beekeeping work?

Sensors, scales, and data-driven hive management.

1:36
8

How do I keep bees in a city or on a rooftop?

Running safe, legal, productive hives above the city.

1:36
9

What is natural or traditional beekeeping?

Log hives, karakovan, and low-intervention methods.

1:36
10

What are the legal rules and standards for selling honey?

Regulations, quality standards, and earning from apitourism.

1:36
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