Beek Hybrid Apprenticeship Deposit

Beek Hybrid Apprenticeship Deposit

$200.00

Our apprenticeship is now offered as a hybrid program! This new format will allow for more flexibility, recorded workshop sessions available on-demand, and shorter weekend commitments to help meet the demands of busy schedules! You can can choose from:

  • online workshop only
  • returning apprentices can choose the practical only
  • or pair the online workshops with the hands-on practical for the most complete experience!

Note that you are paying the deposit for the program only. After deposit, we will contact you to set up payment for the balance.  If you choose to pay in full, you will save $50 if you select one of the stand-alone components  or  $100 off if you sign up for the apprenticeship and the practical together. To take advantage of savings, payment in full must be received within 30 days of registration. Payment plans can entail up to 4 total payments. Apprenticeship deposits are NOT REFUNDABLE. If you have any questions, please email us at info@twohiveshoney.com BEFORE you purchase!

Beekeeping Apprenticeship includes:

  • 8 live 3-hour online workshops
  • 8 optional one -hour office hour sessions
  • 30+ total hours of instruction
  • “For the Bees”, Tara’s new beekeeping book mailed to your home address

Price: $650

Beekeeping Practical includes:

  • 6 hands-on practical sessions at the Honey Ranch, for a total of 25 hours of instruction
  • Choose to take the practical alongside the beek apprenticeship OR take it later as a stand alone component once you have completed the beek apprenticeship.  Are you a past apprentice looking to get more hands-on experience? Any apprentices can choose to retake the practical component again!
  • Full ventilated beekeeping suit, gloves, hive tool, smoker, bee brush (If you already have any of these items, or you would like to downgrade to just a jacket and veil, we will adjust your final payment schedule so you save money on what you already own!)
  • Refreshments each session

Price: $1,150

Beekeeping Apprenticeship + Beekeeping Practical

  • More than 60 hours of total instruction
  • Buy both together and save $150!

Price: $1,650

Please see below for additional info, session dates,  and full agenda for each session. 

 

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Description

Schedule and Agenda for the Beek Apprenticeship and Practical, Fall 2025:

CLICK HERE to see the full calendar of classes!  Keep in mind this calendar includes the online workshops, the in-person practical sessions, and the optional monthly office hours. If you only sign up for one of the online workshops you can disregard the dates for the in-person practical. All times are in Central Standard Time. All online workshops will be recorded and available to those that cannot make the live session for two weeks after. If you are unable to make one of the practical in-person sessions, you can make that session up with the next Apprenticeship cohort!

Beek Apprentices Workshops (Virtual Sessions held on Wednesdays and Thursdays)

Sessions will be recorded and available for several weeks after live airing in case you can’t make the live session! Each month you will receive a link to a password protected website with readings ahead of each session that you will be expected to complete before class.

Session 1: August 20, 2025 6p-9p CST

Introductions, Honey Bee Biology + Behavior, Honey Bee Equipment and Tools, Lighting your Smoker

Session 2: September 23, 2025 6p-9p CST

Hive Inspection 101, Buying Bees , Honey bee Nutrition, Robbing Bees, 

Session 3: October 23, 2025 6p-9p CST

Winter Preparation, Robbing Bees, Integrated Pest Management, Testing for Varroa Mites, 

Session 4: November 6, 2025 6p-9p CST

Removing Bees from Supers, Honey Extraction, Working with Beeswax, Making Products from Propolis

Session 5: January 13, 2026 6p-9p CST

Queen Bee biology, Honey Bee Pheromones, Honey Crystallization,

Session 6: February 10, 2026 6p-9p CST

First post-winter hive checks, Setting up your Site, Properties of Honey, 10 mistakes bees make their first year 

Session 7: March 24, 2026 6p-9p CST

Installing Nucs + Packages, Catching and Baiting Swarms, Making Splits and Combines

Session 8: April 14, 2026 6p-9p CST

 Preventing Swarming, Nectar Flows, Business of Beekeeping, TBD

Beek Practical Sessions: Held in person at the Honey Ranch in Austin, TX (Saturdays and Sundays)

If you need to miss a session, you can make up to 2 sessions with a later group!

Please keep in mind that the hands-on practical is a VERY dynamic program, and we stay flexible to allow you the most complete experience available.  For example, if we get a swarm call nearby the night before a practical, we will alert you all via phone of the change in schedule so we can divert and you can experience a swarm capture! Below is a syllabus whose content can change based on new unique opportunities presented to us.

Practical 1: August 23, 2025 9a-1p

Building Equipment and General Familiarization, Honey Bee Colony Familiarization, Lighting your Smoker, Work Bees

Practical 2: September 27, 2025 9a-1p

Moving the Equipment in a Bee Yard, Performing Hive Inspections, Make sugar syrup + pollen patties, Varroa mite checks

Practical 3: October 25, 2025 12p-4p

Identifying Nectar Flows, Winter Preparation, Feeding Fall Bees,  Work Bees

Practical 4: November 9, 2025 12p-4p

Honey Extraction, Using a Fume Board, Making Products from Beeswax 

Practical 5: February 15, 2026 12p-4p

Honey Sensory, Hanging + Baiting Swarm Traps, Post-winter hive checks, Work Bees

Practical 6: March 29, 2026 9a-1p

Making Nucs, Installing nucs, Work Bees

 

 

Additional information

Attribute

Beek Apprenticeship (8 virtual sessions and 30+ hours) $650, Beek Practical (6 in person sessions and 24 hours of hands on instruction, for returning beeks) $1150, Beek Apprenticeship + Practical (8 virtual sessions + 6 sessions at the Honey Ranch + Tools and Equipment Package, 55+ hours of instruction $1,650)