Beekeeping - Short and Sweet

In this week's Podcast: I always said there would be bumps in the road as we build our beekeeping business this year, I wasn't quite prepared for the massive pothole that is our failed borage pollina...

28 Aug 202216min

In this week's Podcast: There's been a noticeable increase in the number of wasps appearing around our hives this week, as the Summer nectar flow begins to dry up it's time to give our colonies a litt...

21 Aug 202213min

In this week's Podcast: I've been trying to work out our colony numbers again, the weather is getting hotter and hotter and the bees are packing away the honey. Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to ...

14 Aug 202215min

In this week's Podcast: What to do with all the honey left in buckets and extractors? Well, why not have a bash at making mead, I've done just that and took the opportunity to add some very fragrant E...

7 Aug 202215min

In this week's Podcast: The Summer nectar flow has begun, it’s now a mad rush to get honey into supers but if all you have is new frames with foundation it will limit the amount your bees can store. S...

31 Jul 202216min

In this week's Podcast: Sometimes we get lucky with swarm collections, low-hanging fruit as it were, listening to hear about our latest catch and my first attempts at collecting pollen using traps fit...

24 Jul 202214min

In this week's Podcast: It's been incredibly hot with daytime temperatures hitting in excess of 30° Celsius, we had a very late night moving bees and some interesting "ad hoc" methods of releasing cag...

17 Jul 202216min

In this week's Podcast: Summer is approaching fast and I'm preparing colonies for the main nectar flow of the year, listen to find out how things are going. Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Epis...

10 Jul 202216min