Burns Learning Box

$199.00
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We are taking PREORDERS now and will ship around April 27th, 2026.

NOTE: THIS IS A PREORDER, therefore, other items can not be added with this order.  Please start a new cart for any additional items you need, thank you!

 

Burns Learning Box™ – Learn Beekeeping the Right Way (Bees Not Included)

What if you could learn beekeeping without the pressure, intimidation, and risk of working a full production hive?

The Burns Learning Box™ is a complete, hands-on learning approach designed to build your confidence and skills, one frame at a time, one lesson at a time.

This is a 5-frame solid wooden nuc box (not plywood), equipped with 5 wooden frames featuring Acorn foundation (double wax-coated) giving you the perfect environment to learn.

What holds many new beekeepers back from learning isn’t effort—it’s confidence. A large colony can feel overwhelming. But with a smaller, controlled learning hive, everything changes.

With fewer bees and just five frames, you can really begin to understand your bees by watching them and working them more frequently in this smaller learning box. Finally, beekeeping on training wheels! No body can learn to ride a bike on a bike equipped for the Tour de France. Practice inspections without feeling rushed or intimidated. And during the season, you'll always have a backup queen in your learning box if you need one in another larger hive. There's an $80 savings right there by time you spend $40 on a queen and $40 for shipping. And you can always transfer frames from the learning box if you need to raise a queen with eggs from the learning box or if another hive needs a boost of resources.

What's Included:

  • 5 Frame Nuc Box, Amish Made In The USA (Indiana), Notched Handles In Front & Back For Easy Lifting
  • Made of 3/4 Inch Nice Pine, Screwed and Glued
  • 5 Wooden Frames
  • Acorn Double Coated Plastic Foundation
  • 4 Position Entrance Disk
  • Top Cover
  • Refractometer For Learning To Measure Moisture Level In Honey
  • Push In Queen Cage For Learning To Control Mites
  • Queen Marking Pen For Learning To Mark Your Queen
  • Chinese Grafting Tool, Grafting Bar With Queen Cups For Learning To Raise Your Own Queens
  • JZ BZ Queen Cage For Learning To Cage & Move Or Introduce Queens
  • The Printed Black & White Version Of Raising Quality Queen Bees By Dr. Jon Zawislak & David Burns
  • 30 Printed Lessons To Help You Understand What It Takes To Become A Successful Beekeeper

Does not come with bees. It is recommended to move over a few frames of bees from a larger colony of bees.