David Burns Courses

Beekeeping Equipment Disease Prevention - Maintaining Clean Hive Tools and Gear

Learn essential practices for maintaining clean beekeeping equipment to prevent disease spread and protect colony health, ensuring stronger and more resilient bee populations.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

How to Determine If Your Beehive Needs a New Queen

Learn essential techniques for evaluating queen bee performance and identifying signs of colony failure through practical inspection methods and expert beekeeping insights.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Queen Management in Beekeeping - Common Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Hive

Learn essential queen bee management techniques to prevent colony failure and ensure successful hive maintenance through proper identification, monitoring, and troubleshooting of queen-related issues.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

When to Add Honey Supers and Queen Excluders in Beekeeping

Learn optimal timing and techniques for adding honey supers and queen excluders to maximize honey production and maintain healthy beehive management.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Moving Beehives: Safe Relocation Techniques for Forager Preservation

Learn essential techniques for safely relocating beehives in small increments while preserving the forager population, ensuring successful hive movement without disrupting colony behavior.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Beekeeping: Step-by-Step Guide to Adding the Next Box

Master essential timing techniques for adding boxes to beehives, preventing swarming while ensuring optimal frame usage and colony growth. Learn a proven method for successful hive expansion.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Essential Beekeeping Tools and Equipment for Hive Inspections

Discover essential beekeeping inspection tools and techniques to conduct efficient hive checks, from smokers and hive tools to protective gear, ensuring successful and confident apiary management.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Practical Tips for Raising Queen Bees

Master essential techniques for raising healthy queen bees, from selecting breeding stock to managing cell production, enhancing your beekeeping operation's sustainability and productivity.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Beekeeping: How to Handle Unexpected Queen Cell Development

Discover essential beekeeping techniques and problem-solving strategies, from handling queen cells to hive management and feeding practices for maintaining healthy, productive colonies.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Beekeeping 101: Swarm Prevention and Splitting Your Hive

Master essential techniques for preventing bee swarms and creating successful hive splits, ensuring healthy colony management and sustainable beekeeping practices.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Spring Beekeeping - Preventing Bee Colony Starvation

Learn essential spring beekeeping techniques to prevent colony starvation during unpredictable weather conditions, from managing feed supplies to monitoring hive health and implementing protective measures.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Essential Beekeeping Tools and Equipment - A Must-Have Guide

Discover essential beekeeping tools and equipment that revolutionize hive management, focusing on a versatile implement every apiarist should have in their toolkit.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Beekeeping Entrance Management - Setting Up Proper Hive Access

Master proper entrance reducer management in beekeeping to protect your hive and ensure colony success through correct timing and placement of entrance restrictions.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Introducing a New Queen Bee to the Hive - Essential Beekeeping Techniques

Master essential techniques for successfully introducing a new queen bee to your hive, ensuring colony survival and maintaining healthy bee populations.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Accurate Mite Testing in Beekeeping - Common Mistakes to Avoid

Master essential techniques for accurate beehive mite testing, avoiding common mistakes that lead to unreliable results and ineffective treatment plans for your honey bee colonies.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video