Background to Beekeeping: Start with Why!
What you'll learn
- Explain the surprising multiple benefits of beekeeping
- Explain the history and current status of world bees and beekeeping
- Explain the broad approaches to beekeeping
- Give an overview of world production and trade in honey
- Decide if beekeeping is something you want to start
Requirements
- You need to be able to use a computer at beginner level to view the course content
- No beekeeping experience necessary - just your interest in bees and beekeeping!
Description
Beekeeping has very many benefits/potential benefits. Established beekeepers may not even be aware of all the benefits they, their family and community are getting from their beekeeping enterprise. This course will give you a very good overview of the history and current state of bees and beekeeping around the world, the honey trade, why you should get into beekeeping, how you can benefit personally from beekeeping and how your local community and the planet will thank you as well. The course will give you the WHY of beekeeping which is essential before you get lost in the detail of the HOW. Remember reasons always come first and once you understand why you should start beekeeping you will figure out the how. The WHY of beekeeping is absolutely essential to your success as a beekeeper. The course ends by giving you the first key step on the road to learning the HOW of beekeeping.
In addition to other resources included with the course there are two free downloadable beekeeping books (PDF format) for your further reference.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone interested in learning about bees and beekeeping
- Anyone interested in having a better understanding of the honey trade
- Anyone interested in understanding the benefits of bees and beekeeping
- Anyone interested in starting a small scale beekeeping enterprise
- Anyone wondering if beekeeping is a good hobby to start
- Existing beekeepers who want to broaden their understanding of beekeeping
Course content
11 lectures • 2hr 14minBackground to beekeeping and Why You should become a beekeeper
- Preview06:59
- Preview14:41
- 3 questionsIntroduce yourself
- 12:49Status of Bees around the World
- 10:39What can we do to help bees?
- 16:08Why keep bees? Part 1
- 22:58Why keep bees? Part 2
- 06:16Case Study: My own beekeeping Journey
- 11:37Broad approaches to beekeeping
- 11:24History of beekeeping
- 06:37The honey trade - an overview
- 14:02Bee stings
5 lectures • 15minSummary and Sources of Further Information/The Next Steps
1 lecture • 1minBonuses
Instructor
![Thomas Carroll, PhD](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.2 Instructor Rating
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I grew up on a farm in the midlands of Ireland and while there I developed a passion for bees and beekeeping at a young age. That passion for bees led me to work on beekeeping development in East Africa for over 20 years. I currently keep bees in both Ireland and Kenya.
Another passion of mine is personal development and psychology and I teach two related courses - one on reinventing yourself and making positive changes to your life and the other on goal setting.
My latest course is on technology and the skills we need to survive and thrive in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution.
I hold qualifications in business and agriculture, up to PhD level.