Beekeeping is as nuanced as it is rewarding, and can be an overwhelming endeavor. The best way to learn to keep bees is from an experienced beekeeper, and our team offers four options to meet your educational beekeeping needs.
We offer a rotating menu of beginner and intermediate beekeeping classes, providing a fun and economical group learning experience. If you are looking for a more tailored experience, our team provides private lessons on your own hives or in our own apiaries. Our popular beek apprenticeship offers more than 50 hours of small group instruction over six Saturdays. And finally, we also have a growing number of online classes to help you as well.
Beekeeping is an investment, and there’s no better way to protect your investment than by working with an experienced beekeeper to learn the skills needed to help your bees thrive.
Our menu of seasonal offerings can help everyone from aspirational beekeepers looking to get started to existing beekeepers hoping to improve special skill sets.
Group classes are a fun way to meet other beekeepers in our community!
If you are looking for more tailored and hands-on beekeeping lesson, we provide private lessons in and around the Austin area. A curious hive conundrum have you stuck? Unsure of how to best prepare for the changing seasons in Texas? Want some assistance determining how much honey can be responsibly harvested? Just need some help finding your queen? Our experts can help.
Our signature apprenticeship program has a new look: we’ve gone hybrid! The best way to learn beekeeping is now accessible to anyone anywhere in the world.
Our 30+hours of workshops are now provided virtually via live workshops! But we know the importance of hands-on work, so you can still choose to add on our practical hands-on component alongside the virtual workshops, or take the practical later if your circumstances and finances don’t allow for both components now! Both components provide almost 60 hours of instruction.
Plus, returning apprentices can now take the hands-on component again to help refresh your skill set. Learn more and register here:
Learn More About Our Apprenticeship
Whether you can’t make it to the Honey Ranch or just learn better on your own time and speed, check out our online beekeeping courses!
Our library of online classes is always growing and ready to support beginning beekeepers and beyond. If you are brand new to beekeeping, be sure to start with our Intro to Beekeeping Capstone!
