Episode 322: A Dead Colony
In this week's Podcast: Ongoing Autumn checks are continuing to reveal, for the most part, some very healthy colonies that are well provisioned for the cold weeks that lay ahead, hefting confirms some...
27 Okt 202418min
Episode 321: A Lucky Escape!
In this week's Podcast: It’s been rather cooler this past week, especially overnight. Not that I’ve seen any frost you understand but it feels like we’ve begun the long journey through to next Spring....
20 Okt 202417min
Episode 320: Formic Pro Results
In this week's Podcast: I recently used some Formic Pro to treat a colony showing severe signs of Varroa damage, so much so I think they may have been close to collapse. Well the results are in, stay ...
13 Okt 202417min
Episode 319: Mid-September Sunshine
In this week's Podcast: Well, the colonies have finally come back from their trip to the heather moors and it’s been a surprising trip, in many ways, stay tuned for my thoughts on exactly what happen...
6 Okt 202417min
Episode 318: The National Uncapper
In this week's Podcast: I’ve been very lucky to be sent a National Uncapper by the team at Bee cooperative.org It’s a newly designed uncapper, and today I’m joined by the co-inventors Martin and Peter...
29 Sep 202427min
Episode 317: Deformed Wing Virus
In this week's Podcast: Now that we’ve brought the colonies back from the clover fields to their overwintering apiaries, it’s given me a chance to carry out a few checks and I discovered one colony wa...
22 Sep 202418min
Episode 316: The Honey Room
In this week's Podcast: It’s been a good week, the nucs are growing very nicely and there are more drawn frames than foundation now, it’s looking really positive. Elsewhere, I’ve been preparing the h...
15 Sep 202418min
Episode 315: Moors, Sections and Cut Comb
In this week's Podcast: The bees finally made it to the heather moors, without a fuss or any drama, a nice feeling for a change! We now have most of the Summer honey safely back to the honey room and ...
8 Sep 202417min
