How to Become a Beekeeper in Ontario
A free course, with Buzzy Brannigan

Photo credits

Every lecture photo is a real photograph under an open licence (public domain, CC0 or Creative Commons Attribution), used unmodified apart from cropping and a credit line. No photo in this course is AI-generated. Buzzy Brannigan, the presenter, is AI-generated, and says so.

LecturePhotoAuthorLicenceSource
L01Beekeeper holding a beehive frame full of honey and bees (48414422327).jpgIvan RadicCC BY 2.0source
L022433 NRCS projects (24304752397).jpgUSDA NRCSPublic domainsource
L03BeeSmoking.JPGNerdge at English WikipediaPublic domainsource
L04Apis mellifera, Drone, back, MD, Talbot County 2013-09-30-18.03.40 ZS PMax (10062884926).jpgUSGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, USAPublic domainsource
L05A beehive 1960 (JOKAMT2Mi07-1).tifErkki VoutilainenCC BY 4.0source
L06Apis mellifera Bee brood.jpgMonika FischerCC BY 2.0source
L07Beehive with its cover taken off (48414285941).jpgIvan RadicCC BY 2.0source
L08Beekeerper using a bee smoker (48429662551).jpgIvan RadicCC BY 2.0source
L092431 NRCS projects (38285776495).jpgUSDA NRCSPublic domainsource
L10CSIRO ScienceImage 6586 A frame from a beehive at a cherry farm near Young New South Wales.jpgNick Pitsas, CSIROCC BY 3.0source
L11Beekeeper holding a new beehive frame (48414414222).jpgIvan RadicCC BY 2.0source
L12Honey bee on dandelion.jpgConallCC BY 2.0source
L13Beekeerper inspecting a beehive (48414393937).jpgIvan RadicCC BY 2.0source
L14Beekeeper taking off cover on a beehive (48414258291).jpgIvan RadicCC BY 2.0source
L15Beehives with lots of agitated bees flying by very close (48414280571).jpgIvan RadicCC BY 2.0source
L16K8536-1 (8454757885).jpgUSDAgovPublic domainsource
L17Starr-180406-0694-bee monitoring training-varroa mites-HDOA Hilo-Hawaii (40655830494).jpgForest and Kim StarrCC BY 3.0 ussource
L18Honey bee with Deformed Wing Virus and Varroa destructor.jpgStefan de KoninkCC0source
L196-Varroa destructor on head bee pupa2 by Gilles San Martin.jpgPhoto or drawing by Pavel Klimov, Bee Mite ID (idtools.org/id/mites/beemites) unless otherwise stated in description on Bee mites website.Public domainsource
L20The ABC and XYZ of bee culture (Page 136) BHL9454422.jpgRoot, A. I.; Root, E. R.Public domainsource
L21CSIRO ScienceImage 6586 A frame from a beehive at a cherry farm near Young New South Wales.jpgNick Pitsas, CSIROCC BY 3.0source
L22Small hive beetle.jpgJames D. EllisCC BY 3.0source
L23Ein entflohendes Bienenvolk an einem blühenden Apfelbaum, Illhart TG, 1987.jpgChristian Boss 1965CC BY 4.0source
L24Ein entflohenes Bienenvolk wird eingefangen, Illhart TG, 1987.jpgChristian Boss 1965CC BY 4.0source
L25Three queen cells.jpgMigcoPublic domainsource
L26Beekeeper taking out a new beehive frame (48414250731).jpgIvan RadicCC BY 2.0source
L27ExtractorMotion.jpgBen pcc at English WikipediaPublic domainsource
L28Antiguan honey products at an exhibition in Saint Lucia.jpgGovernment of Antigua and BarbudaPublic domainsource
L29Imkerei bienenstand magazinbeuten winter lebenswertes chemnitz 2.JPGDirk LieschCC BY 4.0source
L302014-03-19 17-22-56 abeille-chaton-saule.jpgThomas BressonCC BY 3.0source
L31Beekeerper inspecting a beehive (48414393937).jpgIvan RadicCC BY 2.0source
Independent educational course. Not professional, veterinary or legal advice. Facts are checked against Ontario government, university and beekeeping-association sources, but rules change: check the Ontario Apiary Program before you act, and always follow product labels. Buzzy Brannigan is an AI-generated presenter with a synthetic voice. Photos are credited on each image and on the photo credits page. Course content © 2026.