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What you’ll get out of it
CALMER AND HEALTHIER COLONIES
Laurence’s system puts the bees first. The result? Gentler temperaments, stronger colonies, and fewer losses.
MORE HONEY, MORE CONSISTENtlY
After developing the Beekeeping Blueprint, Laurence’s own yields increased by 400%. This course teaches you exactly how.
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO, EVERY SEASON
No more second-guessing. The Blueprint gives you a clear, repeatable plan so you always know what comes next.
NEVER FACE A PROBLEM ALONE
Lifetime access to Hive Q, our private members’ community, means you’ve always got experienced beekeepers to turn to.
As a first-year beekeeper, this really helped me cement the basic skills. From hive setup to handling, everything is explained clearly. I now feel much more confident managing my bees day to day.
Andrew Street
Worth every penny. Simple, smart, and full of practical tips. This course has totally reshaped how I care for my bees. Hive Q is brilliant!
Gabriel
Absolutely brilliant. I learned so much! Well worth the money.
Dawn
What’s included
300+
VIDEO LESSONS
Practical, clearly explained, and designed to watch alongside your actual beekeeping.
THE BEEKEEPING BLUEPRINT
Clear, repeatable system that shows what to do, when to do it, and how to get the best results. No guesswork. Just a clear path.
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Course modules
The Advanced Beekeeper Course covers 14 in-depth modules, each packed with practical video lessons, demonstrations, and clear explanations.
10 LESSONS
FUNDAMENTALS
Start with the essentials: understanding colony dynamics, what success looks like, managing fears and safety, bee stings, and the different types of honey bees.
19 LESSONS
EQUIPMENT
Learn exactly what to buy and what to skip. Covers bee suits, gloves, footwear, smokers, hive tools, painting equipment, and the deep vs shallow super decision. Includes guidance on new vs second-hand equipment, trusted suppliers, and how to maintain your kit.
37 LESSONS
BEEHIVES
Complete assembly guides for National and Langstroth hives, frame types, foundation options, poly vs wooden hives, queen excluders, feeders, bee space, standardization, hive maintenance, and understanding warm way vs cold way configurations.
15 LESSONS
APIARIES
Find the perfect location and set up a well-maintained apiary. Covers apiary safety, hive stands, deciding between swarms, packages or nucs, moving bees within the apiary, entrance behavior, and ongoing maintenance.
19 LESSONS
INSPECTIONS
Master the art of inspecting with confidence. Learn how often to inspect, how to complete a full inspection, safely removing and shaking frames, what to look for, when NOT to inspect, orientation flights, and actions to take after each visit.
19 LESSONS
BEE HEALTH
Keep your colonies healthy and resilient. Covers the major diseases (AFB, EFB, chalkbrood, sacbrood, nosema, CBPV), apiary hygiene, cleaning and sterilisation, replacing old comb, shook swarming, queen problems, and why bee health matters above all else.
37 LESSONS
FEEDING AND NUTRITION
Understand what bees eat and when they need your help. Different types of feed and sugar, making sugar syrup, feeding fondant and protein patties, emergency feeding, avoiding robbing, hefting and weighing hives, and the problem with overfeeding.
17 LESSONS
TECHNIQUES
Essential hands-on skills for day-to-day management. Making splits and nucs, merging colonies, moving hives (3ft or 3 mile rule), single vs double brood, when to add supers and queen excluders, balancing hives, and testing for queenlessness.
16 LESSONS
SWARMING
Understand, prevent, and manage swarming. What swarming is, early warning signs, identifying swarm cells vs supersedure vs emergency cells, artificial swarms, Demaree splits, catching swarms, what to do if your bees have swarmed, and bouncing back.
25 LESSONS
QUEENS
Deep-dive into queen management. What makes a good queen, different types of queens and cages, how colonies raise queens, marking and clipping, requeening techniques, direct vs slow release, dealing with laying workers, queen problems, successful mating conditions, and where to buy quality queens.
26 LESSONS
HONEY
Maximize your harvest. Understanding nectar flow and forage, when honey is ready for harvest, removing bees from supers, the full extraction process, crush and strain method, different types of honey, frame spacing, uncapping, extracting, settling and filtering, hygiene, and storage.
26 LESSONS
POST HARVEST
The most important months of the year. Late season inspections, fixing failing colonies, feeding strategies, varroa treatment, combining colonies, compressing for winter, beehive configuration and insulation, protection from pests, hive entrances, leveling, strapping, what to do in the off-season, and preparing for spring.
17 LESSONS
PESTS AND PARASITES
Identify and deal with threats. Varroa (estimating populations, treatment options, applying treatments), wasps and Asian hornets, wax moth, small hive beetle, tracheal mites, tropilaelaps, robbing bees, vermin, birds, and creepy crawlies.
29 LESSONS
BEEKEEPING BLUEPRINT
The complete seasonal system that ties everything together. Laurence's proven approach: staying ahead of your bees, inspecting with purpose, feeding with intention, banking comb, supering strategy, making up nucs, brood breaks, timing, standardization, being ruthless with failures, preparing for success, and the mindset that transformed his operation.
Why video training works
Learn before your bees arrive
There's no need to figure things out with live colonies. Watch, absorb, and practice the techniques before you're standing at an open hive. By the time your bees arrive, you'll already know what to do.
See what you’d miss in real life
Close-up 4K footage and animations show you the details that are difficult to spot at the hive. From queen cells to brood patterns, you'll see exactly what to look for.
Your reference library
Pause, rewind, and watch again whenever you need to. When you're stuck or second-guessing yourself, you've got the exact answer waiting for you. Return to any lesson, anytime, on any device.
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97 x 4K videos covering the essentials
Message from Laurence
When I started beekeeping over 15 years ago, I got almost everything wrong. Lost colonies, wasted money on the wrong equipment, and too many of my bees died.
So I rebuilt my approach from scratch, put the bees first, and within 12 months, my honey yields increased by 400%. That process became the Beekeeping Blueprint, and that’s exactly what I teach in this course. Every lesson comes from real experience, real mistakes, and real solutions.
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