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Back to SearchEpisode 267: Wasps, Wasps, Wasps!
Season 1 Episode 267
In this week's Podcast: As we draw towards the end of the Summer flow it's obvious that the wasps have had a good Summer too. They seem to have sudde…
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 266: Summer Forage Shutdown
Season 1 Episode 266
In this week's Podcast: It's been an interesting week, more sunshine and Showers, the nectar on the borage keeps flowing in but locally we're close t…
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 265: Formic Pro Urgent Treatment
Season 1 Episode 265
In this week's Podcast: During our last series of inspections I discovered a couple of colonies with higher varroa levels than I would have wished. W…
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 264: Long Hours of Work
Season 1 Episode 264
In this week's Podcast: It's been a long, hard, working week. Some overnight sessions preparing colonies for the move to the borage and getting them …
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 263: Uniting Colonies
Season 1 Episode 263
In this week's Podcast: As we prepare to move colonies to the Summer Borage pollination some final checks reveal a couple of hopelessly queenless col…
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 262: Introducing New Queens
Season 1 Episode 262
In this week's Podcast: With the preparatory work completed and the arrival of our new queens, timing is everything, and wouldn't you just know it, t…
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 261: Heatwave and Splits
Season 1 Episode 261
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 t…
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 260: Killing Queens
Season 1 Episode 260
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 qu…
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 259 - Sunny Spring Inspections
Season 1 Episode 259
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 litt…
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode 258: More Lucky Beekeeping
Season 1 Episode 258
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 yo…
2 years, 10 months ago