Beekeeping - Short and Sweet

By Stewart Spinks

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Episodes: 293

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A Beekeeping Podcast for the Inquisitive Beekeeper with a Short Attention Span! BeeFarmer, YouTuber (The Norfolk Honey Company, Patreon Host (www.patreon.com/norfolkhoney), Beekeeping mentor to 1000's of beekeepers worldwide via my social media channels, Facebook and Instagram.


Episode Date
Episode 292: March Beekeeping Update
Mar 24, 2024
Episode 291: The Beekeeping Show 2024
Feb 22, 2024
Episode 290: Modern Beekeeping
Feb 18, 2024
Episode 289 Northumberland Honey
Feb 11, 2024
Episode 288: Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives
Feb 04, 2024
Episode 287: Merry Christmas 2023
Jan 07, 2024
Episode 286: Asian Hornet Chat
Dec 31, 2023
Episode 285: Freezing Bees and Spring Plans
Dec 24, 2023
Episode 284: The Winter Chill Arrives
Dec 17, 2023
Episode 283: Emergency Hive Interventions
Dec 10, 2023
Episode 282: Scraping Frames and Muderous Swans!
Dec 03, 2023
Episode 281: November Floods
Nov 26, 2023
Episode 280: In Conversation with Bees Abroad
Nov 19, 2023
Episode 279: CBPV Once Again
Nov 12, 2023
Episode 278: The Pumpkin Patch
Nov 05, 2023
Episode 277: Hampshire BKA Convention
Oct 22, 2023
Episode 276: Honey Press Ups and Downs!
Oct 15, 2023
Episode 275: Honey Room Havoc
Oct 08, 2023
Episode 274: First Heather Honey Crop
Oct 01, 2023
Episode 273: Early Autumn Sunshine
Sep 30, 2023
Episode 272: Moving Bees and Truck Troubles
Sep 24, 2023
Episode 271: Borage Bonus and More Wasps!
Sep 17, 2023
Episode 270: Road Trip to the Heather
Sep 10, 2023
Episode 269: Our Honey Room Set Up
Sep 03, 2023
Episode 268: The Summer Honey Crop
Aug 27, 2023
Episode 267: Wasps, Wasps, Wasps!
Aug 20, 2023
Episode 266: Summer Forage Shutdown
Aug 13, 2023
Episode 265: Formic Pro Urgent Treatment
Aug 06, 2023
Episode 264: Long Hours of Work
Jul 30, 2023
Episode 263: Uniting Colonies
Jul 16, 2023
Episode 262: Introducing New Queens
Jul 02, 2023
Episode 261: Heatwave and Splits
Jun 25, 2023
Episode 260: Killing Queens
Jun 18, 2023
Episode 259 - Sunny Spring Inspections
Jun 11, 2023
Episode 258: More Lucky Beekeeping
Jun 04, 2023
Episode 257: Opportunistic Splits
May 28, 2023
Episode 256: Lighting a Smoker
May 21, 2023
Episode 255: A Cold, Start-Stop Season
May 14, 2023
Episode 254: Spring Inspections Begin
May 07, 2023
Episode 253: Bee Chat with Stephen Barnes From the BBKA
Apr 30, 2023
Episode 252: Oilseed Rape Challenges
Apr 23, 2023
Episode 251: New Queen Rearing Methods
Apr 16, 2023
Episode 250: Can I Inspect My Bees Yet?
Apr 09, 2023
Episode 249: Snow, Sun and Patience
Apr 02, 2023
Episode 248 - Getting Ready for Spring
Mar 26, 2023
Episode 247: Happy Fifth Birthday
Mar 19, 2023
Episode 246: Pests and Diseases - Part 2
Mar 12, 2023
Episode 245: Pests and Diseases - Part 1
Mar 05, 2023
Episode 244: Nosema Checks
Feb 26, 2023
Episode 243: Buying a Nucleus Colony of Honeybees
Feb 19, 2023
Episode 242: Pick a Hive, Any Hive!
Feb 12, 2023
Episode 241: Plans for 2023
Feb 05, 2023
Episode 240: Happy New Year 2023
Jan 29, 2023
Episode 239: Hard Frosts and Green Woodpeckers
Jan 15, 2023
Episode 238: Ekes, Leaks and Fondant!
Jan 08, 2023
Episode 237: Cold, Clustered Honeybees
Jan 01, 2023
Episode 236: More Cleaning and Sorting
Dec 25, 2022
Episode 235: Scorching Boxes
Dec 18, 2022
Episode 234: Microscopy Work and New Kit
Dec 11, 2022
Episode 233: Removing Varroa Treatments
Dec 04, 2022
Episode 232: Beekeepers Veterinary Medicines & Records
Nov 27, 2022
Episode 231: Pallet Stands and Acetic Acid
Nov 20, 2022
Episode 230: Hefting and The Grain Store
Nov 13, 2022
Episode 229: Post Covid Chat
Nov 06, 2022
Episode 228: Cooler Autumn Conditions
Oct 16, 2022
Episode 227: Winter Preparations
Oct 02, 2022
Episode 226: It Rained At Last
Sep 25, 2022
Episode 225: Maximum Effort
Sep 18, 2022
Episode 224: It's a Sticky Mess!
Sep 11, 2022
Episode 223: Barrels of Honey
Sep 04, 2022
Episode 222: Bumps in the Road
Aug 28, 2022
Episode 221: Wasps!
Aug 21, 2022
Episode 220: Melting Beekeepers
Aug 14, 2022
Episode 219: Elderflower Mead
Aug 07, 2022
Episode 218: Foundation Sheets Versus Drawn Comb
Jul 31, 2022
Episode 217: Lucky Swarm and Pollen Traps
Jul 24, 2022
Episode 216: Scorching Days and Caged Queens
Jul 17, 2022
Episode 215: Summer Pollination Preparations
Jul 10, 2022
Episode 214: The June Gap
Jul 03, 2022
Episode 213: Queen Introductions
Jun 26, 2022
Episode 212: Spring Honey Extraction
Jun 19, 2022
Episode 211: The Shook Swarm
Jun 12, 2022
Episode 210: Swarms Aplenty!
Jun 05, 2022
Episode 209: A Chilly Spring Week
May 29, 2022
Episode 208: First Swarm of 2022
May 22, 2022
Episode 207: Scaling Up My Beekeeping
May 15, 2022
Episode 206: Let The Fun Begin!
May 08, 2022
Episode 205: Cold Snap, Swarm Risk!
May 01, 2022
Episode 204: First Inspections 2022
Apr 24, 2022
Episode 203: Drones, Huh, What Are They Good For?
Apr 17, 2022
Episode 202: Spring Inspections? Not Yet!
Apr 08, 2022
Episode 201: What's the Point of a Nuc Box?
Apr 01, 2022
Episode 200: How To Profit From Your Season
Mar 25, 2022
Episode 199: High Winds and Big Pallets
Mar 18, 2022
Episode 198: Big Plans Afoot
Mar 11, 2022
Episode 197: Snowdrops, Washing Soda and Toothache!
Mar 04, 2022
Episode 196: Timing In Beekeeping Is Everything
Feb 25, 2022
Episode 195: Feeding Time
Feb 18, 2022
Eppisode 194: Splits Boards and Demaree
Feb 11, 2022
Episode 193: Varroa Population Growth Can Be Frightening
Feb 04, 2022
Episode 192: Happy New Year!
Jan 28, 2022
Episode 191: Merry Christmas Everyone!
Jan 21, 2022
Episode 190: Impulse Buys and That Damned Truck!
Jan 14, 2022
Episode 189: Planning for 2022
Jan 07, 2022
Episode 188: Home Sweet Home
Dec 24, 2021
Episode 187: Trailers and Association Struggles
Dec 17, 2021
Episode 186: Keep Calm and Plan Early!
Dec 10, 2021
Episode 185: First Frosts
Dec 03, 2021
Episode 184: Question Time
Nov 26, 2021
Episode 183: It's Microscopy Season
Nov 19, 2021
Episode 182: The Autumn Clean Up
Nov 12, 2021
Episode 181: Fuel Shortages and Beekeeping Incompetence!
Nov 05, 2021
Episode 180: Farmers Markets and Treatment Removal
Oct 29, 2021
Episode 179: Chilly Mornings and Weekend Markets
Oct 22, 2021
Episode 178: Difficult Decisions
Oct 15, 2021
Episode 177: Early Autumn Heatwave
Oct 08, 2021
Episode 176: Autumn Colony Assessments
Oct 01, 2021
Episode 175: Sometimes Beekeeping Goes Wrong!
Sep 24, 2021
Episode 174: Late Summer Splits & Apiary Maintenance
Sep 17, 2021
Episode 173: Our Honey Extraction Kit
Sep 10, 2021
Episode 172: Supers, Varroa and Wasps
Sep 03, 2021
Episode 171: Is My Honey Ready?
Aug 27, 2021
Episode 170: The End is Nigh!
Aug 20, 2021
Episode 169: Prepping Nucs for Autumn
Aug 13, 2021
Episode 168: The Top Bar Hive Disaster
Aug 06, 2021
Episode 167: Moving Bees, Preventing Disasters!
Jul 30, 2021
Episode 166: Borage and The Truck
Jul 23, 2021
Episode 165: A Funny Thing Happened
Jul 16, 2021
Episode 164: Working Safely in the Apiary
Jul 09, 2021
Episode 163: Dripping Nectar and Collecting Pollen
Jul 02, 2021
Episode 162: Rain Stops Play
Jun 25, 2021
Episode 161: Swarms, Splits, Stings and Things
Jun 18, 2021
Episode 160: So It Begins!
Jun 11, 2021
Episode 159: It's Still Cold!
Jun 04, 2021
Episode 158: Do Pheasants Have Ears?
May 28, 2021
Episode 157: Disease Inspections
May 21, 2021
Episode 156: First Tentative Inspections
May 14, 2021
Episode 155: A Frosty Easter Weekend
May 07, 2021
Episode 154: A Sunny Day in the Apiary
Apr 30, 2021
Episode 153: What's in your Wash Bucket?
Apr 23, 2021
Episode 152: First Inspections Ahead
Apr 16, 2021
Episode 151: A Wet and Windy March
Apr 09, 2021
Episode 150: Nervous Times!
Apr 02, 2021
Episode 149: Understanding Aggression in Honeybees
Mar 26, 2021
Episode 148: Beekeepers, Sit On Your Hands!
Mar 19, 2021
Episode 147: The Icy Blast
Mar 12, 2021
Episode 146: February Tasks and Other Stuff
Mar 05, 2021
Episode 145: Neonicotinoids in The UK
Feb 26, 2021
Episode 144 Nosema Testing Protocol
Feb 19, 2021
Episode 143: Planning for 2021
Feb 12, 2021
Episode 142: Early Season Queen Rearing
Feb 05, 2021
Episode 141: Happy New Year and Winter Feeding Strategy
Jan 29, 2021
Episode 140: Starving Bees and a Quick Fix
Jan 15, 2021
Episode 139: Clear Coverboards and Top Bar Hive Stuff
Jan 08, 2021
Episode 138: New Product Launch and Oxalic Acid Treatments
Jan 01, 2021
Episode 137: Dead Colonies and Oxalic Acid Treatment
Dec 25, 2020
Episode 136 Waxing Frames and Sloe Gin with Honey
Dec 18, 2020
Episode 135: Plans for 2021
Dec 11, 2020
Episode 134: My 2020 Season Summary
Dec 04, 2020
Episode 133: National Honey SHow and Stuff
Nov 27, 2020
Episode 132: Sumps, Pumps, Mead and Zoom
Nov 20, 2020
Episode 131: Book Review - Honey by Dr. Eva Crane
Nov 13, 2020
Episode 130: Stop Inspecting Your Hives!
Nov 06, 2020
Episode 129: Autumnal Checks and Mead
Oct 30, 2020
Episode 128: Watching Bees, New Equipment and The Team Grows
Oct 23, 2020
Episode 127: Queenless Autumn Colony or Not?
Oct 16, 2020
Episode 126: Feeding The Top Bar Hive and Uniting Colonies
Oct 09, 2020
Episode 125: Wasps, Flighty Queens and Weak Hives
Oct 02, 2020
Episode 124: New Jars and Gary's Hive Make-over
Sep 25, 2020
Episode 123: Preparing for Autumn
Sep 18, 2020
Episode 122: I'm Melting, I'm Melting!
Sep 11, 2020
Episode 121 - New Honey Room Set Up
Sep 04, 2020
Episode 120: Collapsing Colony and Gary's Hive
Aug 28, 2020
Episode 119: Starving Bees and Shocking Hives
Aug 21, 2020
Episode 118: Summer Season Ramblings 2020
Aug 14, 2020
Episode 117: Stings and Things
Aug 07, 2020
Episode 116: Late Queen Rearing and Lawnmowers
Jul 31, 2020
Episode 115: Sneaky and Grumpy Bees
Jul 17, 2020
Episode 114: Chilly Blast, Solid Honey and More Truck Troubles
Jul 10, 2020
Episode 113: Sunny Days, Egg Laying Workers and Queen Rearing Plans
Jul 03, 2020
Episode 112: New Queens and Delayed Extraction
Jun 26, 2020
Episode 111: Exciting News and Rising Temperatures
Jun 19, 2020
Episode 110: Swarms, Bee Vacs and Cold Weather
Jun 12, 2020
Episode 109: Creating Multiple splits and The Virus Strikes Back
Jun 05, 2020
Episode 108: Artificial Swarms Part Two
May 29, 2020
Episode 107 - Artificial Swarms
May 22, 2020
Episode 106 - Preparing for Swarms
May 15, 2020
Episode 105 - Early Season Inspections
May 08, 2020
Episode 104: Let The Season Commence!
May 01, 2020
Episode 103: Beekeeping and Social Distancing
Apr 24, 2020
Episode 102: Keep Feeding
Apr 17, 2020
Episode 101: Integrated Pest Management - Spring 2020
Apr 10, 2020
Episode 100: Integrated Pest Management
Apr 03, 2020
Episode 99: Getting Hives Ready For Spring
Mar 27, 2020
Episode 98: The Honey Paw Project begins
Mar 20, 2020
Episode 97: Storm Damage and Workshop Elves
Mar 13, 2020
Episode 96: Feeding Fondant and Honey Paw Hives
Mar 06, 2020
Episode 95 - Cleaning Boxes, a Bee Farmers Meeting and the Dentist!
Feb 28, 2020
Episode 94 Interview with Peter Nelson - The Pollinators
Feb 21, 2020
Episode 93: January Checks and Early Season Panics
Feb 14, 2020
Episode 92 - Happy New Year 2020
Feb 07, 2020
Episode 91: The Top Bar Hive Project
Jan 17, 2020
Episode 90: The Christmas Wish List 2019
Jan 10, 2020
Episode 89: Oxalic Acid Treatments in Winter
Dec 27, 2019
Episode 88: Planning for 2020
Dec 20, 2019
Episode 87: Our Beekeeping Season 2019
Dec 06, 2019
Episode 86: Treatments, Trucks and Trailers
Nov 29, 2019
Episode 85: October Questions and Answers
Nov 22, 2019
Episode 84: Bad Backs and Brood Box Capacity
Oct 18, 2019
Episode 82 Syrup for Autumn Feeding
Oct 11, 2019
Episode 83: Autumn Syrup and Apiary Chat
Oct 11, 2019
Episode 81: Feeders for Beehives
Oct 04, 2019
Episode 80 August Questions and Answers
Sep 27, 2019
Episode 79: Microscopes, What3Words and Pizza
Sep 20, 2019
Episode 78: Cut Comb Honey, Tarts and Uniting Colonies
Sep 13, 2019
Episode 77 - Summer Extraction Time
Sep 06, 2019
Episode 76: Thoughts for August
Aug 30, 2019
Episode 75: Summer Heatwave and Varroa Treatments
Aug 23, 2019
Episode 74: Ben's Swarm Question
Aug 09, 2019
Episode 73: July's Questions and Answers
Aug 02, 2019
Episode 72 - Another July, Another Jobs List
Jul 26, 2019
Episode 71 - Queen Cells and Wasps
Jul 19, 2019
Episode 70: June Gap and Grafting
Jul 12, 2019
Episode 69: Rain, Queen Rearing and Beekeeping Disasters
Jul 05, 2019
Episode 68 - June Questions and Answers
Jun 28, 2019
Episode 67: Jobs for June and Progress Report
Jun 21, 2019
Episode 66: First Spring Extractions
Jun 14, 2019
Episode 65: Queen Rearing Selection Criteria
Jun 07, 2019
Episode 64: Questions and Answers May 2019
May 31, 2019
Episode 63 My Very First Swarm
May 24, 2019
Episode 62: Buying a Nuc, Oil Seed Rape and Spring Update
May 17, 2019
Episode 61 - Swarm Season is Here!
May 10, 2019
Episode 60: April Q&A
May 03, 2019
Episode 59: First Spring Inspections Get Started
Apr 26, 2019
Episode 58: The Month Ahead - April
Apr 19, 2019
Episode 57: Selecting and Using a Smoker
Apr 12, 2019
Episode 56 - BeeTradex 2019 Visit
Apr 05, 2019
Episode 55: Monthly Q&A March 2019
Mar 29, 2019
Episode 54: Winter Losses and How To Rebuild
Mar 29, 2019
Episode 53: Crazy February Weather
Mar 22, 2019
Episode 52: One Year On
Mar 08, 2019
Episode 51 Queen Rearing Techniques for this Season
Mar 01, 2019
Episode 50: The Dark Art of Hefting
Feb 22, 2019
Episode 48: Oxalic Acid Sublimation On Location
Feb 15, 2019
Episode 49: The First Inspection of Spring
Feb 15, 2019
Episode 47: My New Year Plans for 2019
Feb 01, 2019
Episode 46: Happy Christmas
Jan 11, 2019
Episode 45: Floors, Christmas Parties and Honey Regs!
Jan 04, 2019
Episode 44: Questions and Answers for December
Dec 28, 2018
Episode 43 - Jobs in the Apiary for December
Dec 21, 2018
Episode 42: Brunel Microscopes Interview with Alan Potter
Dec 14, 2018
Episode 41: Rendering Beeswax
Dec 07, 2018
Episode 40 - Questions and Answers for November
Nov 30, 2018
Episode 39: November Jobs, Fat and Thirsty Bees!
Nov 23, 2018
Episode 38: American Foul Brood & European Foul Brood
Nov 16, 2018
Episode 37: My Winter Oxalic Acid Treatments
Nov 09, 2018
Episode 36: Monthly Q&A - October
Nov 02, 2018
Episode 35: Beekeeping Jobs in the Apiary for October
Oct 26, 2018
Episode 34: Microscopy for Beekeepers
Oct 19, 2018
Episode 33: CBPV Update
Oct 12, 2018
Episode 32: September Q&A
Oct 05, 2018
Episode 31: Uniting Weak Colonies in September
Sep 28, 2018
Episode 30: A Rainy Day Out
Sep 21, 2018
Episode 29: Autumn Feeding Honeybees
Sep 14, 2018
Episode 28: Autumn Approaches
Sep 07, 2018
Episode 27: Monthly Q&A for August
Aug 31, 2018
Episode 26: August in and Around the Apiary
Aug 24, 2018
Episode 25: Clearing Honey Boxes and Man Flu!
Aug 17, 2018
Episode 24: Mid Season Update
Aug 10, 2018
Episode 23: Monthly Q&A - July
Aug 03, 2018
Episode 22: The Apiary in July
Jul 27, 2018
Episode 21: Queen Rearing using the Nicot System
Jul 20, 2018
Episode 20: Summer Varroa Treatment and Chrinic Bee Paralysis Virus
Jul 13, 2018
Episode 19: Spring Honey Crop and the Dyce Method
Jul 06, 2018
Episode 18 - Monthly Q&A - June
Jun 29, 2018
Episode 17: Monthly Apiary Update - June
Jun 22, 2018
Episode 16: Basic Queen Rearing Part 2 - Two Nucs
Jun 15, 2018
Episode 15: Basic Queen Rearing - Part One
Jun 08, 2018
Episode 14 May Monthly Q & A
Jun 01, 2018
Episode 13 - Monthly Preview: May
May 25, 2018
Episode 12 - Interview with Daniel Bates from BS Honey
May 18, 2018
Episode 11 Interview with Belinda Bright from BBWear
May 11, 2018
Episode 10 April Q&A
May 04, 2018
Episode 09 - Monthly Preview: April
Apr 27, 2018
Episode 08 Pollen Substitute
Apr 20, 2018
Episode 07 - Monthly Preview: March
Apr 13, 2018
Episode 06 - Q & A March 2018
Apr 06, 2018
Episode 05 BIBBA - Abberton Reservoir Interview with Kevin Thorn
Mar 30, 2018
Episode 04 Interview with Kevin Thorn from BIBBA
Mar 23, 2018
Episode 03 Nosema - A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Control
Mar 16, 2018
Episode 02 Oxalic Acid Sublimation Using The ProVap220UK
Mar 09, 2018
Episode 01 February Round Up
Mar 02, 2018
00 Short Introduction
Feb 25, 2018