Episode 261: Heatwave and Splits
In this week's Podcast: At long last it appears Summer has begun. Temperatures heading up and a drier outlook makes for some urgent beekeeping work to begin in time for the main nectar flow of the sea...
25 Jun 202319min
Episode 260: Killing Queens
In this week's Podcast: I had a really interesting but brief conversation with a beginner beekeeper this week about the morality of knocking down queen cells. All beekeepers have a dilemma to face wh...
18 Jun 202316min
Episode 259 - Sunny Spring Inspections
In this week's Podcast: Finally, it's warm and sunny, The bees are getting busy, we're queen-rearing, attempting to prevent swarms and doping a little varroa control all at the same time! Hi, I’m St...
11 Jun 202317min
Episode 258: More Lucky Beekeeping
In this week's Podcast: Sometimes, just sometimes, you walk into an apiary, start inspecting, and as the inspections go from one hive to the next you just keep getting luckier and luckier, stay tuned...
4 Jun 202317min
Episode 257: Opportunistic Splits
In this week's Podcast: Suddenly, we find ourselves moving from chilly wet days to warm Spring conditions and for some colonies it's a sure signal to swarm, we can deal with it easily enough, if only...
28 Mai 202317min
Episode 256: Lighting a Smoker
In this week's Podcast: I spent a very pleasant day inspecting some of our honeybee colonies this week, maybe our season is about to begin, It got me thinking about smoker fuel of all things! Listen ...
21 Mai 202316min
Episode 255: A Cold, Start-Stop Season
In this week's Podcast: A chilly East wind continues to blow and it's disrupting my early inspections, we start, we stop, we start again, listen in to hear how this is affecting my early season. Hi...
14 Mai 202316min
Episode 254: Spring Inspections Begin
In this week's Podcast: Finally, April has produced some warmer weather, albeit, short bursts of sunshine in between chilly hail showers, but it's given me a chance to take a first peek inside some c...
7 Mai 202317min
