To become a successful beekeeper, you need a basic to advance understanding of beekeeping as well as honey bee diseases to mitigate them on the point. A well-structured online bee course by an industry expert is what you need to stand yourself in the row of successful beekeepers.
Do not rely on the random YouTube videos and online bee courses! Of course, you do not want to waste your money on superficial information. Rather invest in one of our comprehensive online bee courses, as the syllabus is well-saturated, and the teacher is an expert with a thorough knowledge of the subject matter.
A honey bee is one of the world’s most important pollinating insects, responsible for more than 25% of the foods we consume. Their contribution to the world makes it a better place. We at Bee & Comb feel the need to preserve this specie and make the most out of our knowledge to keep providing this world with the miraculous benefits of honey bees.
This all-inclusive educational platform about beekeeping aims to educate and grow the community of successful beekeepers. We provide bee classes, beekeeping supplies and beehive management consultation at better prices yet exceptional levels of quality. In a nutshell, that’s what we do.
Bee & Comb beekeeping courses and classes can assist you with comprehensive apiaries education at a price you’d love. We will discuss what else you can do to further your beekeeping education. You can participate in this adventure using resources we provide with the beekeeping classes.
Keeping healthy colonies and strong colony structures of bees requires good management and information about common honey bee diseases – Varroa mites, Nosema, American Foulbrood, European Foulbrood, Chalkbrood, Tracheal mite, viruses, and pests.
You can become a successful beekeeper by doing these things. Bee colony loss is possible if any of these considerations are ignored.
Since online information can be overwhelming and you can’t always be certain what to believe or disregard, we recommend you rely on well-established and trusted sources like beekeeping classes by Bee & Comb.
Beginner apiarists and those undecided about whether beekeeping is for them are welcome to contact us for further discussions about their needs.
Our beekeeping courses are available in five different price ranges and formats. Click on one of the courses that suit you and get your tickets. Currently, we have 5 different bee classes with different syllabus saturation. Find out them below:
For beekeepers who are considering starting a beekeeping or have already begun one and want to learn from A to Z. Knowing bee biology, behavior, disease and pest control will help the beekeeper make the right decisions when a problem arises with the hive. Beekeepers want to learn how to manage their hives effectively throughout the year.
Our standard course, starting in October, November, January and February of each year, is our flagship program for Beginner and Hobbyist Beekeepers.
A can effectively resolve a problem when they encounter by using the management methods learned in our beekeeping course.
Some questions may arise whenever beekeepers work with bees. To help beekeepers more effectively, during active beekeeping season, the group will e-meet with the instructor three times – in April, May, and June 2023 to discuss any questions they may have. These e-meetings are perfect for discussing these issues.
The standard course spans year-round beekeeping management activities starting from the spring, where colonies will be inspected for any problems after wintering and set for the next season.
Work during the summer includes controlling swarming and ordering the nest appropriately so that bees can collect nectar and pollen to the best of their ability.
In autumn, we will combat robbing, treat Varroa and Nosema (if necessary), and avoid diarrhea by feeding technology. The main goal of wintering is to understand if the nest is rearranged properly, bees have enough food in wintertime, whether they need feeding, and whether they are doing well in winter.
As part of the course, we will also discuss the extraction and harvesting of honey.
A guide to storing honey to prevent it from fermenting.
SYLLABUS for the Standard Course:
GENERAL AND BIOLOGY
History of beekeeping
Honey bee products
Honey bee anatomy and physiology
Biology of a honey bee colony/superorganism, bees functional roles in a hive
Honey bee subspecies
Equipment & tools used in beekeeping, hives components, different types of hives
Choosing apiary site
Ordering bees and installation of hives
Colony annual life cycle, reproduction by swarming,
Communication
Mating biology
Genetics
Nutrition
How honey is made by bees
BEHAVIOR
Foraging
Robbing: How to understand if the robbing is happening and how to prevent or struggle for it.
DISEASES AND PESTS
Varroa destructor
Nosema
Chalkbrood
American Foulbrood
European Foulbrood
Tracheal mite
Viruses
Wax moths
Small hive beetles
About colony collapse disorder.
SEASONAL WORK WITH BEES
SPRING WORK: Early checking colonies; identifying problems in the hives after wintering; How to enhance colonies and have healthy bees, how to make effective splits, rearing queens and drones, queen installation, how to treat varroa destructor, what to do if you have chalkbrood, feeding technology in spring time to avoid diarrhea, how to make bees to visit concrete flowers, what to do when bees got poisoned by pesticides & how to do with combs.
SUMMER WORK: Control swarming, how to order the nest in appropriate way so that bees can do their best in collecting nectar and pollen; taking care of the splits; American and European foulbrood, struggling against small hive beetles, identifying, and extracting ripe honey in time and its importance.
AUTUMN WORK: Struggling against robbing, treatment against Varroa and Nosema (if there is any Nosema), feeding technology in autumn time (if needed) to avoid diarrhea because of feeding, preparing bees for the winter (which frames to remove from the colony and how to organize the nest), identifying honeydew honey in the hives and if there is some, how to do with it (as this honey is bad for bees).
WINTERING: How to understand if bees have enough feed in wintertime and how to feed if needed; How to understand if bees are wintering well.
HONEY
Honey harvest and extraction
How to store honey to avoid fermentation.
What Will You Learn?
● Honey bee biology and behavior
● Effective hive management.
● How to identify problems in your hives, and how to you solve them
● Disease and pest control.
● This course comes with a handout, and Participants will receive a CERTIFICATE upon completion.
Take the Standard Course
If you are planning on starting beekeeping or already have a few hives, you need basic knowledge covered in this course with all the vital information.
SYLLABUS for the Short Course:
Honey bee anatomy and physiology
Bees castes and roles in the hive
Colony annual life cycle
Nutrition
Hive
Equipment
Varroa destructor
Year around management principles.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
Honey bee biology
Bees roles distribution throughout the hive
Colony live cycle within the year
Nutrition: Healthy bees
Hive and equipment you need to use
Varroa mite: Prevention and treatment
Principles of hive management.
Take the Short Course
If you are at the start of beekeeping and want to know the basics, you can take this course to start with a strong base.
SYLLABUS for the Basic Course:
Bees castes and roles in the hive
Colony annual life cycle
Nutrition
Hive
Equipment.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
Basic understanding of beekeeping
Bees role in the hive
Colony live cycle within the year
What nutrition do bees need to be healthy
What hive and equipment to use.
Take the Basic Course
Those who want to understand the preparations honey bee colonies to survive in winter can take this course.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
Effective struggling methods against robbing
Treatment scheme against varroa and Nosema (if there is any Nosema)
Feeding technology in autumn time (if needed) to avoid diarrhea because of feeding
How to do with drone egg-layer colonies in autumn
Preparing bees for the winter (how to rearrange/manipulate the nest for better wintering)
Identifying honeydew honey in the hives and if there is some, how to do with it (as this honey is bad for bees)
How to understand if bees have enough feed in wintertime and how to feed if needed
How to understand if bees are wintering well.
Take the Winter Preparation Class
The beekeepers who want to have their mated queens should take this course.
SYLLABUS for the Queen Rearing and Mating Class
Mating biology
Queen rearing methods
Different type of nucs and micronucs: Advantages and disadvantages.
What will you learn?
How to rear and organize mating the queens.
Take the Queen rearing and Mating Class
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