Raising Resilient Bees:
 Natural Beekeeping: Level 1 
 Beginner to Intermediate Beekeeping 

Raising
Resilient
Bees:
 

 Natural Beekeeping: 
 Level 1   Beginner to Intermediate  

 

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Whether you’re a backyard beginner or a seasoned hobbyist, this course gives beekeepers everything they need to confidently raise bees—naturally, ethically, and in tune with the seasons. Step into a deeper relationship with the land, the hive, and yourself. This is more than beekeeping—it’s a return to heritage techniques and resilient practices.

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Whether you’re a backyard beginner or a seasoned hobbyist, this course gives beekeepers everything they need to confidently raise bees—naturally, ethically, and in tune with the seasons. Step into a deeper relationship with the land, the hive, and yourself. This is more than beekeeping—it’s a return to heritage techniques and resilient practices.

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This isn’t just a course—

it’s a companion on your path as a natural beekeeper and a practical guide to our book - Raising Resilient Bees: Heritage Techniques to Mitigate Mites, Preserve Locally Adapted Genetics, and Grow Your Apiary

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      What you'll learn:      


🍯 Natural Hive Setup – From hive design to placement, learn how to mimic the bees’ natural home.

🍯 Natural Queen Rearing – Let the hive choose its next leader—learn natural methods for supporting queen rearing that honor the bees’ innate intelligence.

🍯 Sustainable Swarm Management – Support colony expansion while keeping your bees healthy.

🍯 Feeding Without Sugar – Align your care with their biology, not industrial shortcuts.

🍯 Seasonal Beekeeping Toolkit – Stay aligned with nature’s rhythms using our checklists & calendars.

🍯 Making Splits – Learn how to divide strong colonies into new hives—naturally and sustainably—to grow your apiary and reduce swarm pressure.

🍯 Managing Swarms – Discover how to work with, not against, the bees’ instinct to swarm—guiding this natural process to support healthy expansion.

🍯 Natural Varroa Treatments – Explore effective, chemical-free strategies for managing varroa mites using hive design, seasonal timing, and bee biology.

🍯 Best Practices for Healthy, Thriving Hives – From nutrition to nesting space, we’ll show you how to align your beekeeping with the bees’ natural rhythms for resilient, vibrant colonies.

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This isn’t just a course—

it’s a companion on your path as a natural beekeeper and a practical guide to our book - Raising Resilient Bees: Heritage Techniques to Mitigate Mites, Preserve Locally Adapted Genetics, and Grow Your Apiary

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 What you'll learn: 


🍯 Natural Hive Setup – From hive design to placement, learn how to mimic the bees’ natural home.

🍯 Natural Queen Rearing – Let the hive choose its next leader—learn natural methods for supporting queen rearing that honor the bees’ innate intelligence.

🍯 Sustainable Swarm Management – Support colony expansion while keeping your bees healthy.

🍯 Feeding Without Sugar – Align your care with their biology, not industrial shortcuts.

🍯 Seasonal Beekeeping Toolkit – Stay aligned with nature’s rhythms using our checklists & calendars.

🍯 Making Splits – Learn how to divide strong colonies into new hives—naturally and sustainably—to grow your apiary and reduce swarm pressure.

🍯 Managing Swarms – Discover how to work with, not against, the bees’ instinct to swarm—guiding this natural process to support healthy expansion.

🍯 Natural Varroa Treatments – Explore effective, chemical-free strategies for managing varroa mites using hive design, seasonal timing, and bee biology.

🍯 Best Practices for Healthy, Thriving Hives – From nutrition to nesting space, we’ll show you how to align your beekeeping with the bees’ natural rhythms for resilient, vibrant colonies.

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Don Tipping

Farmer & Seedsman, Siskiyou Seeds

"Much akin to the wondrous distillation that honey bees perform while alchemizing nectar from flowers into concentrated pearls of sweet, nutritious, and healing honey, Joy and Eric have distilled decades of earnest, caring, and arduous work tending their apiaries into pearls of valuable wisdom. "

Sarah Red-Laird

Founder & Executive Program Director, the Bee Girl Organization (BGO); past president, Western Apicultural Society.

"Beekeepers and the bee-curious alike will revel in this fresh offering from long-time honey bee stewards Eric and Joy McEwen. In a conversational and approachable fashion, this husband-and-wife team gracefully offers up solutions to some of the most difficult contemporary beekeeping problems."

Rob Keller

Napa Valley Bee Co.

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"Eric and Joy McEwen cover all the bee basics and the challenges one should expect when getting started. They offer a very genuine depiction, through real-life experiences, of what it takes to manage bees sustainably...a testament to regenerative beekeeping by way of responsible practices, understanding of place, and most of all, the appreciation of deep bee ecology."

 

A Regenerative Path Toward Thriving Hives, Healthy Land
and a Wilder World.

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      What you'll get with the course:      

✅ Lifetime access to a full beginner curriculum—from hive setup to feeding, swarms, queen rearing, and more

✅ Step-by-step lessons with real-world insight, filmed on our working farm

✅ Downloadable checklists, seasonal calendars, and a beekeeper’s toolkit

✅ Weekly live Q&A sessions with Eric & Joy McEwen to deepen your learning and connect with community

✅ Access to our private Diggin’ Livin’ community for ongoing support and shared wisdom

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A Regenerative Path Toward Thriving Hives, Healthy Land
and a Wilder World.

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 What you'll get 
 with the course: 


✅ Lifetime access to a full beginner curriculum—from hive setup to feeding, swarms, queen rearing, and more

✅ Step-by-step lessons with real-world insight, filmed on our working farm

✅ Downloadable checklists, seasonal calendars, and a beekeeper’s toolkit

✅ Weekly live Q&A sessions with Eric & Joy McEwen to deepen your learning and connect with community

✅ Access to our private Diggin’ Livin’ community for ongoing support and shared wisdom

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Sustainable Practices

This course emphasizes on natural, sustainable methods that prioritize the well-being of your bees.

Expert Guidance

Learn from experienced beekeepers who have successfully implemented these methods.

Lifetime Access

Once purchased, you'll have lifetime access to the course materials and future updates.

 

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In the hum of the hive lies the heartbeat of the earth. Learn to listen, to tend, and to thrive—alongside your bees. Ready to raise bees the natural way? Begin your journey into natural beekeeping today.

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