David Burns Courses

Comparing 10-Frame vs 8-Frame Beekeeping Hives - A Complete Guide

Explore the key differences between 10-frame and 8-frame beehives to make an informed decision for your beekeeping setup and management strategy.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Making Winter Candy Boards for Bee Feeding - A Cold Weather Guide

Learn how to prepare winter candy boards for beehives by following along with an experienced beekeeper's kitchen demonstration of mixing and creating essential cold-weather bee food supplements.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Winter Beekeeping Tips for January

Discover essential winter beekeeping strategies to protect and maintain healthy hives during January, ensuring colony survival and spring productivity through proper care and monitoring techniques.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping Biology for Winter Survival

Master essential winter beekeeping techniques and biological insights to protect your colonies through cold months, ensuring hive survival and preserving your apiary investment.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Winter Cluster Movement in Honey Bee Colonies - Understanding Bee Behavior

Discover essential winter beekeeping strategies and understand honey bee cluster behavior to protect your hive investment and ensure colony survival during cold months.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Understanding Honey Bee Biology for Beekeeping

Discover the fundamental aspects of honey bee biology and enhance your beekeeping skills through simplified explanations of bee behavior, anatomy, and colony dynamics.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping Equipment Repair and Maintenance - A Winter Guide

Learn essential maintenance techniques for repairing beekeeping equipment, focusing on fixing damaged bee boxes during the winter season to prepare for spring beekeeping activities.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cleaning Beekeeping Boxes for Healthy Hives

Learn essential maintenance techniques for beekeeping equipment by mastering how to remove propolis and wax buildup from hive boxes, ensuring optimal colony health and spring readiness.

• YouTube
• 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping Anxiety Is Real - What If Something Goes Wrong

Overcome beekeeping anxiety by learning how to address common concerns and questions that new beekeepers face, with expert guidance on avoiding mistakes and building confidence.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping Inspection of an Overwintered Layens Hive

Explore the process of inspecting an overwintered Layens hive, examining its condition and learning essential beekeeping techniques for this specific hive type.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping - 4 Crucial Times to Change Your Hive Entrance

Master the critical timing for adjusting hive entrance reducers and tackle complex beekeeping challenges with expert guidance from experienced mentor David Burns.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping - What Your Hive Tells You Before You Open The Top

Discover essential pre-inspection techniques to assess hive health and detect queen issues before opening your beehive, plus learn when to buy queens versus letting bees raise their own.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping - How to Save a Hive on the Brink of Failure

Discover how to diagnose and rescue failing bee colonies with no capped brood, unfertilized eggs, and queen issues before complete collapse occurs.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping - How to Keep This in Check Before It's Too Late

Discover essential techniques to prevent common hive problems from overwhelming your beekeeping operation and maintain healthy, productive bee colonies.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping: Package Inspection at Day 16

Explore the crucial 16-day inspection of a newly installed bee package, learning how to assess hive progress and ensure proper colony development during this critical first month of beekeeping.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video