Learn From the Farm
A Beekeeping Education Course
Six modules from Doug's own eight years running 1,000+ hives split between cedar top-bar and Langstroth. Join the waitlist for early access.
Module 01
Honeybee Biology & Colony Structure
Queen, workers, drones — how a colony actually organizes itself, and why it matters for how you manage a hive.
Module 02
Building Your Cedar Top-Bar Hive
Materials, dimensions, and the mistakes we made building our first hive from salvaged cedar.
Module 03
Installing Your First Package
Getting a new colony established without losing the queen or half the workers in the first week.
Module 04
Spring Build-Up Through Summer Flow
Reading a colony's growth through the season and timing your inspections around the nectar flow.
Module 05
Varroa Mite Monitoring & Threshold Treatment
The monitoring routine and treatment thresholds we actually use, season by season.
Module 06
Extracting, Testing, and Bottling Raw Honey
Crush-and-strain extraction, our lab-testing workflow, and getting honey into the jar without cooking it.
Where This Comes From
Built on Running Two Hive Systems
This course grew out of the years Doug spent building out cedar top-bar hives alongside the farm's original Langstroth colonies — and the mite-monitoring routine that's followed since. Read the full story in Our Story, or see the field notes behind it in the Hive Journal.