Beginning In Beekeeping Start Your Very First Beehive!

Step by step instruction on getting started in beekeeping for beginners
What you'll learn
Where to set up your apiary
How to get your hive occupied with bees
How to manage bees in your hive
How to harvest, extract and pack you own delicious honey
How to extract beeswax and make simple candles and beeswax polish
What beekeeping is all about
The benefits of keeping bees in a top bar hive and frame hives
How to make your own top bar hive
Requirements
The course is designed to be understandable by the complete beginner
An interest in learning different ways to keep bees
An interest in simple, low cost beekeeping
An interest in producing your own wonderful, high quality bee products for sale or home consumption
An interest in bees and the natural environment
An interest in doing your bit to protect bees, enhance biodiversity and the natural environment
Description
This course will introduce you to the wonderful topic of keeping bees in both conventional frame hives and also in top bar hives. The aim is to keep bees in a simple, low cost, natural and enjoyable way. You will learn about conventional frame hive beekeeping. You will also learn about top bar beekeeping and why you should consider keeping your bees in a top bar hive. You will learn about bees. You will learn how to make your own hive, where to source bees and how to manage the bees in the hive. You will learn how to harvest and extract the delicious honey and package and label your honey for sale.You will learn about beeswax. You will learn how to render wax combs into wax blocks. You will learn how to filter your wax and use it to make simple candles and beeswax polish. The course will take you right through the whole process from the timber in your shed to building the hive. Then on to getting bees, managing then bees to harvesting and packing the honey and using the beeswax. By the end of this course and associated assignments you will be a beekeeper! The course contains over 11.5 hours of video lectures and practical demonstrations and is organised into the following sections:In Section One we introduce this course and beekeeping. We considered issues such as how to get the most from the course, who can become a beekeeper, the benefits of bees and beekeeping and the challenges in starting any new project.In Section Two we look at the broad approaches to beekeeping and help you identify which approach might interest you.Section Three look at the bee colony and the occupants of the hive. We also looked at the life cycle of the honeybee and the beekeeping year.Section Four looks at types of bee hives and other beekeeping equipment. There were a number of activities such as to choose the type of hive you want to start with and identify local bee equipment suppliers. We also have an optional activity to make a simple top bar hive.Section Five is a pivotal section to establish an apiary site and to acquire basic equipment and bees. Getting your first colony of bees is a game changer. The bees themselves become your teacher! This is the point where you became a beekeeper.Section Six looks at basic bee management. We look at issues such as the principles of bee management, how to inspect a colony of bees, bee health, swarm control and feeding bees.Section Seven looks at bee products and in particular honey and beeswax. In section seven you will produce some wonderful bee products to share with friends and family.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction to the course
Lecture 2 Get the most from this Course
Lecture 3 Can you become a beekeeper?
Lecture 4 Benefits of bees and beekeeping
Lecture 5 Challenges in starting any new project
Lecture 6 Activity: Self-reflection on starting new projects
Lecture 7 Cost to start with one hive
Lecture 8 Activity - Draw up your own basic budget
Lecture 9 Summary of section 1
Section 2: Approaches to beekeeping
Lecture 10 Introduction to section 2
Lecture 11 Different approaches to beekeeping
Lecture 12 Activity - What approach interests you?
Lecture 13 The fixed comb hive
Lecture 14 The top bar hive
Lecture 15 The frame hive
Lecture 16 Hive innovations
Lecture 17 Activity - Research your local and national beekeeping associations
Lecture 18 Activity - Attend a meeting of your local beekeeping association
Lecture 19 Activity - What types of hives are most common in your country/locality?
Lecture 20 Summary of section 2
Section 3: About the honeybee colony
Lecture 21 Introduction to section 3
Lecture 22 A little bit about bees
Lecture 23 Occupants of the hive - queen, drones and workers
Lecture 24 The life-cycle of the honeybee colony
Lecture 25 The beekeeping year
Lecture 26 Activity: The beekeeping year in your locality
Lecture 27 Summary of section 3
Section 4: Bee hives and other basic beekeeping equipment
Lecture 28 Introduction to section 4
Lecture 29 Components of a typical frame hive
Lecture 30 The nucleus hive (Nuc)
Lecture 31 Activity - Choose your type of hive to start with
Lecture 32 Activity (Optional) - Make your own horizontal top bar hive
Lecture 33 Caring for and maintaining your hive
Lecture 34 Protective and other basic equipment needed
Lecture 35 Activity - Research local bee equipment suppliers
Lecture 36 Summary of section 4
Section 5: Establishing an apiary and getting bees
Lecture 37 Introduction to section 5
Lecture 38 Beekeeping and safety issues
Lecture 39 Factors to consider when choosing an apiary site
Lecture 40 Activity - Choose your own apiary site
Lecture 41 How to set up your beehive in the apiary
Lecture 42 Activity (Optional) - Make a simple hive stand
Lecture 43 Activity - Acquire basic beekeeping equipment
Lecture 44 Activity - Assemble your hive
Lecture 45 Activity - Paint your beehive
Lecture 46 Activity - Make up frames with foundation
Lecture 47 Activity - Set up your hive on your hive stand
Lecture 48 Stocking your empty beehive with bees
Lecture 49 Activity - Research local suppliers of bees
Lecture 50 Getting ready to work with bees
Lecture 51 Activity - Transfer bees in a nucleus colony into your hive
Lecture 52 Activity - Catching a swarm of bees and stocking a hive - Part 1
Lecture 53 Activity - Catching a swarm of bees and stocking a hive - Part 2
Lecture 54 Summary of section 5
Section 6: Basic bee management
Lecture 55 Introduction to section 6
Lecture 56 Principles of bee management
Lecture 57 An overview of seasonal management
Lecture 58 Record keeping
Lecture 59 How to inspect a beehive
Lecture 60 Hive inspection and queen marking - demonstration
Lecture 61 Inspecting the top bar hive
Lecture 62 Activity - Inspect your own beehive
Lecture 63 Bee health, pests and diseases - Part 1
Lecture 64 Bee health, pests and diseases - Part 2
Lecture 65 Activity - Bee pests and diseases in your country
Lecture 66 Swarm prevention and control
Lecture 67 Activity - Nucleus method of swarm control
Lecture 68 Uniting two colonies of bees
Lecture 69 Feeding bees
Lecture 70 Demonstration - Feeding bees with a rapid feeder
Lecture 71 Activity - Make and use a simple home made bee feeder
Lecture 72 Planting for bees
Lecture 73 Activity - Establish a floral calendar for your area
Lecture 74 Some key challenges in beekeeping
Lecture 75 Summary of section 6
Section 7: Bee products
Lecture 76 Introduction to section 7
Lecture 77 Honey, wax and other products from bees
Lecture 78 Harvesting honey from your beehive
Lecture 79 Extracting and processing honey
Lecture 80 Storing your supers after extraction
Lecture 81 Packing, labelling and marketing honey
Lecture 82 Activity - Harvest, extract, process, package and label your own honey
Lecture 83 Processing beeswax from your hive
Lecture 84 Demonstration - Processing beeswax (Kenya)
Lecture 85 Demonstration - Filter beeswax
Lecture 86 Activity - Add beeswax to the top bars for your top bar hive (Optional)
Lecture 87 Activity - Make a beeswax candle
Lecture 88 Activity - Make a beeswax polish
Lecture 89 Summary of section 7
Section 8: Course conclusion
Lecture 90 Introduction to section 8
Lecture 91 Review of what we have covered in this course
Lecture 92 Further reading and resources on starting beekeeping
Lecture 93 Congratulations!
Section 9: Bonus Section
Lecture 94 Harvesting honey from my Top Bar Hive!
Lecture 95 Bonus lecture
Those who want to start beekeeping as a new hobby in spring 2022,Those interested in starting beekeeping in a natural way,Those interested in starting beekeeping in a simple and low cost way,Those interested in producing delicious, natural honey for their own consumption or for sale,Those interested in learning how to process and utilise beeswax,Existing beekeepers who want to try out top bar hive beekeeping

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