Episode 410: Late Summer Shook Swarm
In this week's Podcast: The weather has calmed down somewhat, we’ve even had some rain! I’ve been adding treatments to nucs and found some very small queen right colonies, if you can call them that, a...
20 Syys 17min
Episode 409: Heatwave After Heatwave
In this week's Podcast: It’s been another scorching week and our honeybees seem to be taking everything in their stride. Positives this week are, lots of mated queens from our own raised queen cells a...
13 Syys 19min
Episode 408: Mated Queens and Treatments
In this week's Podcast: It’s been a busy week with checks on our recently emerged virgin queens, have they mated and have they started to lay eggs. Listen in to hear the latest beekeeping news from ar...
6 Syys 16min
Episode 407: Bad Beekeeping Advice
In this week's Podcast: Bad Beekeeping Advice. I’m sure we’ve all been offered advice as we’ve progressed through our beekeeping journeys, but how do you know what advice to take and what to leave? If...
30 Elo 18min
Episode 406: Wet and Dry Supers
In this week's Podcast: It’s almost the time of year when you might hear a lot of talk about supers, particularly wet or dry supers, today I’ll explain what they are and how you can store them ready f...
23 Elo 18min
Episode 405: Time For Honey Extraction
In this week's Podcast: Time drifts on by, and the end of the Summer nectar flow draws ever closer for me. Time for a quick apiary summary and then off to the honey room to look at this year’s extract...
16 Elo 19min
Episode 404: Go With The Flow
In this week's Podcast: Brood Breaks, The end of the nectar flow, and the first sighting of wasps in the apiaries. All mean one thing, for me, here in Norfolk, it looks likely the Summer honey product...
9 Elo 18min
Episode 403: Time For The Splits
In this week's Podcast: July is a great time to make up any splits that you want for overwintered nucleus colonies. For me, I’m taking a slightly different approach this year. Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks, ...
2 Elo 18min
