Beekeeping - Short and Sweet

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

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

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

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

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

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

In this week's Podcast: This week something slightly different, today I'm joined by Stephen Barnes, Vice Chair of the British Beekeepers Association for a chat about all things BBKA! Hi, I’m Stewar...

30 Apr 202322min

In this week's Podcast: One of our early major nectar flows comes in the form of the Oilseed Rape crops sown widely by farmers across the UK. It brings with it a ready source of nectar and pollen for...

23 Apr 202318min