Description
Learn to Prevent, Diagnose, and Treat Honey Bee Diseases
If you keep honey bees, chances are good your colonies will experience disease and pests. This can lead to important questions about bee health.
You might be wondering. . .
- What are varroa mites and how do I get rid of them?
- My colony died. What happened?
- Should I treat my bees, be treatment-free, or go organic?
- Do skunks really eat bees?
- What other pests can affect my colonies?
- How can I prevent diseases?
- What are small hive beetles?
If you are asking these questions, you are not alone.
Over the past 30+ years, Stan and I have helped thousands of people with their bees. You have asked some really great, important questions. We gathered all of the questions and answers together to write a series of beekeeping courses.
In our PREMIUM course, Are My Bees Healthy?, you will learn how to prevent, diagnose, and treat honey bee diseases and pests.
Why Take This Course?
As a beekeeper, you will probably encounter some honey bee diseases. This course will help you be prepared with what to do when it happens.
This course includes over 40 video and text lessons. We will take you beekeeping and share step-by-step strategies, inspection tips, and troubleshooting guides to help keep your colonies healthy and happy.
Skills You Will Learn
- How to test for varroa mites and make treatment decisions
- How to prevent disease by culling old comb
- How to prevent and treat for Foulbrood
- How to recognize smells in the hive
- How to recognize pesticide kill and absconding compared to normal hive behavior
- To recognize and repair wax moth and mouse damage to a hive
- How to recognize when skunks are eating your bees at night and how to fix it
Successfully Completing This Course Requires
- We hope you begin this course BEFORE you counter honey bee disease, but if you don’t, you can use it as a diagnostic tool.
- Begin this course AFTER you have
- Completed our free course, My First Colony and premium course Beginning Beekeeping Skills –OR–
- Already have honey bee colonies and some experience.
- We assume you will keep European Honey Bees.
- The material in this class applies best to temperate regions with a winter season, but can be adapted to other climates.
Course Curriculum
Successfully Completing This Course Requires
- We hope you begin this course BEFORE you counter honey bee disease.
- Begin this course AFTER you have
- Completed our free course, My First Colony and premium course Beginning Beekeeping Skills –OR–
- Already have honey bee colonies and some experience.
- We assume you will keep European Honey Bees.
- The material in this class applies best to temperate regions with a winter season.
Take Online Courses Anytime, Anywhere in the World.
- Begin any time of year, and refer back to the info when you need to.
- 100% Self-paced with pre-recored videos.
- Lifetime access.
- Access to updates. Whenever we update this course, you will have access to all of the new info.
Included with All of Our Courses
- 52 Emails. Don’t have time to sit down and complete all of the lessons? We’ve got you covered. We divided the six courses into 52 condensed emails. You can avoid overwhelm by focusing on 1-2 topics per week in the season that you need the information.
- Search By Topic. Use the Search function in the membership area of the website to search for and find answers to your specific questions.
- Printable Guides. Print and reprint as often as you need. These include over 200 pages of checklists, recipes, tutorials, queen troubleshooting, and more!
Testimonials
Join thousands of beekeepers from around the country who have created successful apiaries and discovered the joy of keeping honey bees.
Here is what our customers have to say!
More Confident as Beekeepers
“Stan and Alicia, Thank you for letting us learn from you. We have learned so much and are getting more confident as beekeepers. There is a huge difference between a book education and watching Stan work:) We really appreciate your friendship.”
Andrea and kids, Spanish Fork, Utah
Folks You Can Trust
“I have known Stan and Alicia for 3 years now while trying to learn the art of beekeeping. They are perfect contacts to get you started and keep you going. Very knowledgeable and patient with everyone. . . . They teach classes, have online videos, and will give ongoing support.”
Brent DeMille, Utah
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