The first year is crucial - and with so much conflicting advice available online, it can be difficult to know where to begin.
So, in conjunction with the world's experts, we’ve created TheBeekeeper.org
It lets you fast-track your learning easily and enjoyably. Learn in your own time with high-quality videos explaining what you need to know in order to feel confident looking after your bees.
PLUS: 50% of profits go towards bee-friendly projects and habitat regeneration initiatives around the world.
The free trial period lasts for 30 days.
Our site will prompt you to enter payment information to sign up for your free trial period. You will need to enter either a valid credit card or PayPal account. We do not charge at the time of sign up. After your free trial period expires you will be billed monthly or yearly until you cancel your subscription.
Yes - no contract, no cancellation fees, no commitment.
It's easy to cancel online anytime - if you do so you will not be billed at the end of your current billing cycle (monthly/yearly), and at that point your access to the course content will be revoked.
[Note: If you've paid for a full year or more, it's possible to retain access to course content.]
To cancel your membership immediately, please send us an email.
Alternatively, you can cancel your membership through your account settings.
If you subscribed using a credit or debit card
If you subscribed using PayPal
You will maintain access to the course until the date of your next scheduled payment.
The course is organised into different modules, beginning with the absolute basics and progressing to more complex topics. As well as practical and advanced beekeeping lessons, there are modules on bee biology and behaviour.
The list of modules is:
View the entire Lesson Index here!
The course content is suitable for a wide variety of regions and climates.
Most of the featured experts are based in the USA and Australia.
We will be covering advice for overwintering in cold climates as well as ways to help your bees in very hot climates.
TheBeekeeper.org's mission is to protect bees and pollinators, and to celebrate the vital role they play in our natural world.
We do this by:
🐝 Gathering the knowledge of the world’s experts;
🐝 Providing high-quality beekeeping education;
🐝 Supporting projects/organisations that work towards habitat regeneration and advocacy for pollinators.
Our Billions of Blossoms project creates and protects pollinator habitat through partnerships with some of the world's best conservation and reforestation organisations.
TheBeekeeper.org is an initiative of BeeInventive Pty Ltd, a certified B Corp.
Projects that BeeInventive has supported in the past include Bee Friendly Farming ® by Pollinator Partnership and the Green Carpenter Bee Conservation Project in conjunction with Wheen Bee Foundation.
Find out more at www.TheBeekeeper.org/impact.
Your first payment will be deducted 30 days after you sign up, and monthly subscribers will be charged every 30 days until the subscription is cancelled. If you purchase a yearly membership, the subscription payment will renew after 1 year if it is not cancelled before then.
Members can request to have their subscription payments capped at 2 annual payments or 24 monthly payments. Members that have subscribed to the course for 1 year can retain access to the lessons in year 1. Members that subscribe for 2 years can retain ongoing access to the full course, including any new lessons that are produced.
Yes, you can buy a 12-month gift subscription which provides a sign-up link and a digital gift card that you can forward to your gift recipient, plus a printable card if you’d like to have something to give in person.
To request a gift subscription, send us an email and tell us which currency you want to purchase it with (AUD, USD or EUR).
Currently the list of featured experts includes:
Yes. A course assessment is available 6 months after signup. Pass the assessment to receive a personalised, downloadable certificate of achievement. Please note that this certificate is not formally recognised/accredited by any official regulatory body.