Beekeeping Essentials: The Critical Spring Period
From Steve Donohoe's blog post of the same title, this covers all of the important beekeeping things that matter during the springtime. It covers feeding bees early on, then providing space, dealing w...
25 Mar 202515min
Interview With Jolanta
Taken from a chapter in Steve Donohoe's book, Interviews With Beekeepers, this covers a conversation between Steve, Jolanta, and Murray McGregor in 2017. Jolanta is the head of the queen rearing unit ...
10 Mar 202521min
Beekeeping Essentials: Introducing Queens
Imogen reads from Steve's blog post, in which sets out his latest learnings and understanding of this sometimes tricky subject. How to introduce a new queen into a colony that has lost it's own. Blues...
1 Mar 202517min
Early Spring 25 Update
As we move from winter into spring here in England, Steve Donohoe discusses over-wintering success, feeding colonies, and plans for once the season kicks off. Bluesky Threads Instagram YouTube Faceboo...
21 Feb 20259min
Room For All Types Of Beekeeper
Intro00:25 New book by Dorian Pritchard on conservation of native bees01:10 Argument for conservation of native bees, legally protected areas should be created02:40 Is the black bee really the best be...
27 Jan 202517min
Swarm Prevention Strategies
Introincluding reference to Ian Steppler YouTube video just posted on varroa treatments, using Randy Oliver spreadsheet model. https://youtu.be/Z2FLoAq6LDc02:20 Recent apiary inspection of nucleus col...
15 Jan 202555min
Latest Advice On Varroa
00:30 Importance of both good queens and low mite levels01:40 How Steve's thinking on varroa treatment regimes evolved from 2 times per year to three.02:20 Alcohol wash on all colonies as per Randy Ol...
9 Jan 202513min
Rapeseed Oil and Offshoring
0:00 When oilseed rape (OSR) first arrived in the UK00:50 The UK has moved from being a net exporter to net imported of rapeseed oil, costing the UK economy £1 billion01:10 List of the main cooking oi...
6 Jan 20259min
