Why these courses work
These courses are built from over 15 years of real beekeeping. Real mistakes, real losses, real solutions. Designed for beginners and people who’ve already started but feel like they’re muddling through. Watch on any device, at your own pace, with lifetime access.
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.
Never Face a Problem Alone
You get support when you need it. Our YouTube community is there for you whenever you’re stuck. Advanced course students also get 12 months access to Hive Q, our private members’ community.
A Proven System That Works
After developing the Beekeeping Blueprint system taught in these courses, Laurence’s own honey yields increased by 400%. This isn’t theory. It’s a repeatable approach that puts the bees first and gets real results.
Choose the course for you
Choose the 14-Day Beekeeper to go from a beginner to fully confident, basics for a shorter introduction, or pick the module for your specific needs.
The complete package
£149
14 modules, 300+ video lessons, the Beekeeping Blueprint, and 12 months of Hive Q membership. This course covers everything from absolute basics to expert-level management.
What’s included:
- All 14 modules (fundamentals, equipment, hives, apiaries, inspections, bee health, feeding, techniques, swarming, queens, honey, post-harvest, pests, and the Beekeeping Blueprint)
- 300+ video lessons filmed in 4K with close-ups and animations
- The Beekeeping Blueprint: the proven system that increased Laurence’s yields by 400%
- 12 months access to Hive Q, our private members’ community
- Learn on any device
You don’t need basics first. This course starts from scratch and takes you all the way to confident, expert-level beekeeping.
The course pays for itself: The cost is covered by just one extra super of honey from a single hive in one season.
An introductory course
£67
An introduction to beekeeping that covers all 14 modules with the essential lessons from each. Perfect if you want to get started without committing to the full course right away.
What’s included:
- All 14 modules (same structure as the complete course)
- Essential lessons from each module covering fundamentals, equipment, hives, inspections, bee health, feeding, swarming, queens, honey production, and more
- Everything you need to start keeping bees with confidence
- Learn on any device
14DBK Basics is a subset of the 14-Day Beekeeper Course. If you decide to upgrade later, your £67 is credited in full, so there’s no risk in starting here. You’ll unlock the additional lessons that go deeper into each topic.
Need help on a specific topic?
Individual modules
£29 each
Only need help with a specific topic? Each of our 14 modules is available individually. Great if you’ve already got experience but want to sharpen up on something specific.
10 Lessons
Start with the essentials: understanding colony dynamics, what success looks like, managing fears and safety, bee stings, and the different types of honey bees. These core principles set the foundation for everything that follows.
19 Lessons
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
The most comprehensive module. 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.
19 Lessons
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.
10 Lessons
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 the actions you need to take after each visit.
19 Lessons
Keep your colonies healthy and resilient. Covers the major diseases (AFB, EFB, chalkbrood, sacbrood, nosema, CBPV), apiary hygiene, cleaning and sterilization, replacing old comb, shook swarming, queen problems, and why bee health matters above all else.
25 Lessons
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
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
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 already swarmed, and bouncing back.
25 Lessons
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
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, health and hygiene, and storage.
26 Lessons
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
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 other creepy crawlies.
29 Lessons
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.
Which Course Is Right for You?
If you’re a complete beginner and want to test the waters first, start with the 14-Day Beekeeper Basics. It covers the essentials without overwhelming you, and if you love it, you can upgrade to the full course later with your £67 credited.
If you’re serious about beekeeping and want the complete system, go straight for the The 14-Day Beekeeper. You get lifetime access to the course plus 12 months of Hive Q that way.
If you’ve already got experience and just need help with specific skills, grab the individual modules you need.
Still not sure? Get in touch and we’ll help you figure out what’s best for your situation.
