Beekeeping How To Start Beekeeping In 2025

How to start beekeeping? Beekeeping is so trendy and everyone knows how important honey bees are to our planet.

I'm David Burns and I've been an EAS Certified Master Beekeeper since 2010. EAS stands for Eastern Apicultural Society. The EAS master beekeeper program is the grandfather of all master beekeeper programs, certifying beekeepers have four rigorous tests: Hive inspection test, laboratory test, oral test and a written test. Learning and training to become a master beekeeper really helped me understand beekeeping and now I'm excited and passionate about sharing what I know about beekeeping and honey bees with others, especially those who are new to beekeeping.

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Are wondering about HOW TO START BEEKEEPING? This video will help answer the simple questions to help you get off to a good start. In this video I show you various pieces of bee hive equipment, protective gear and how to start keeping bees the right way. Beekeeping is so much more fun when you know what you are doing and that's why I made this video to help you gain the basic beekeeping fundamentals you need to keep bees and to become a successful beekeeper.

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🌻FEED YOUR BEES:
Feeding your bees at key times during the season is crucial. Check out my feeding board known as the Burns Bees Feeder. Safely feed your bees from the top. Great way to help you build up your bees of winter physiology. Check it out:
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[christopherwilson]

This was really a great first timer (which i am) video! Thank you!!

[greatpirateroberts]

I have been trying to spread the word about honey bees being on the endangered species list and how they need to be protected so I've been advising people to grow flowers and vegetables not only to help themselves but the bees and to lay out bowls of rocks that break the surface of the water so the bees don't have to rely on pool water and such

[nrdstrm]

Just found out last summer that I'm no longer deathly allergic to bees so I'm starting doing this this summer. So happy about this!

[elijahsuri]

I wish that I could thank all of the honey bees on Earth for all of the incredibly hard work that they do and tell them how much I appreciate them pollinating all of the plants and especially giving us that delicious, nutritious honey with all its multiple uses! 🐝🍯

[RipVanWinkle_Nature_Discovery]

I run a non-profit animal shelter in the Philippines. I moved here almost 8 years ago to get away from Canadian winters. Philippines is tropical so it's summer all year around. We have a 1000sq m property and I'd like to get into beekeeping to add one more element that the shelter has to make itself self-sustaining. We already have some fruit trees and a garden, so it would also be helpful for pollination.
I've never kept bees before so I don't have any experience.
Thanks for this video, I subscribed.

[GingeRenee]

Can we just acknowledge for a moment how special and amazing bees are! I love bees and they are so important for our ecosystem. God bless the bees and the bee keepers!

[taprobanedelight]

You are doing a job that is crucial for the ecosystem. Respect to you Sir! All the best.

[paseca.md.]

Thank you, from all honey lovers, for working hard and creating such a useful and beautiful video. All the best to you and health!

[jriley]

Thanks David, great video, you have a natural knack for teaching. After watching 4-5 beginner videos, yours was by far the most comprehensive, thorough, and easy to follow.

[passions]

I have just had a beautiful first successful summer. I did a lot of pre-research and I found a wonderful and lovely hobby for my retirement. I live in the beautiful lush countryside of Belgium. After much thought, I decided I would go with FlowHive. I’m now planning at least 2 or more hives. One subject I never read or hear beekeepers talk about is how each and every frame has a very different and distinct flavour of honey. One never hears or sees beekeepers telling us to not make the unforgivable mistake of creating a mishmash honey soup but to speak up about keeping and bottling each frames flavourful honey bounty separately.

[okboomer]

I am thinking of becoming a beekeeper in the future this was very helpful thank you.

[bipolarnuke]

Dude I just found your channel the other day and I absolutely love what you do and what you put out. It is very helpful and I am learning a lot. I plan on starting to bee keep next season and am studying as much as I can and I keep coming back to your videos. Thanks man. And what you do with coffee time is cool. No one takes that personal time anymore. But you do and that’s what makes the difference!

[alvinjoseph]

I just started I got one hive at present so I'm on here and happy to be 👍 thanks for the knowledge sir . Also to everyone else on here starting or wish to start bee keeping, good luck 💯💯💯.

[zuziv]

Thank you very much for this video!! I had complete zero knowledge about beekeeping. This was fantastic first overview, i now know where to even begin. And once more - education is the first step. Thank you for emphasizing this.

[LuisManuelHdez]

Never wanted to keep bees but i they took up house in my old pigeon boxes. Had a hive relocated 2 years ago. Now I got another one. They sure love my old pigeon boxes!

[caulkwhispera]

I recently began gardening and have been over researching everything. That lead me to check into bee keeping, obviously. Your intro kept my attention through the whole video which is rare for me. Well done sir, and thank you for taking the time.

[casey]

Wow.. you've explained more, more clearly than the last few hours I've spent being confused from other "beginners" youtube videos.
Thank you sir

[CriaAndKiddFW]

My plan is to take courses this year and start next spring 2023 after I buy my house. Thanks for the videos!

[morningstarnews]

I recently had the honor to help my mother in law add a brute box to one of her hives. First time I've ever done anything like that. I look forward to learning more.

[donlampier]

I want to do this because my late father in law was passionate about it. Never realized all that goes into it. We raise most all 2-4 legged animals, but never considered bees! I look forward to watching and learning from your experience. Thanks for your info.