Beekeeping at FiveApple
Talk, tips & how-to on sustainable beekeeping from the North Carolina mountains of Southern Appalachia.
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 133
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Article by Tom Seeley: Darwinian Beekeeping (020)
Sorry about the poor sound quality on this one... If you would rather just read this interesting article it's here:
https://www.naturalbeekeepingtrust.org/darwinian-beekeeping
Seeley interviewe…
Managing mites Part 1 (016-17)
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Links mentioned in Episode 16:
Mites. If you want live bees, you will need a plan to deal with mites. It does not have to be chemical if you are willing to devel…
Bonus: Reading from “Requeening” by Larry Connor (015)
This is a ‘radio reader’ episode of an online article “Requeening” by master beekeeper, queen breeder and author Larry Connor. More articles and his (excellent) books available at www.wicwas.com Link…
My hive is queenless, what now? (014)
Dealing with a hive that appears queenless / Figuring out if it is really queenless / Bush’s Panacea Cure / Queen cells from micro-breeders becoming more available. ( Mostly beginner but with interme…
Listener Questions, Bee Ramblings (013)
Preventing swarming after splits. Listener question: What advice would you now give your first year beekeeper self.
Queen Rearing Using a Cloake Board (Sue Cobey’s article) (012)
Today I read selections of Sue Cobey’s classic article on Cloake board queen rearing. Skilled intermediate and up. Full article here (with illustration): https://www.delta-business.com/CalgaryBeekeep…
Simple ‘Frame-Based’ Queen Rearing, Part 2 (011)
Without moving anything smaller than a frame (no grafting, that is) you can make a few to several good queens off your favorite hive. References mentioned (some in reference to next episode):
Queen Rearing Basics Part 1 (010)
Aspects to getting quality queens from your own yard. Part one of several. Intermediate level.
Bryan Fisher’s YouTube on Summer Splits:
Michael Bush slides on basic quee…
Listener Mail / Random Q & A / Apiary Update 4/1/19 (007)
Random bee chat — Some feedback from you and questions I attempt to answer: flow hive, building equipment, split remorse, trickle feeding question and more.
Few things I wish I'd known years ago (006)
B/I Many beekeepers are starting out or starting over with Nucs or Packages about now. Exciting time! Here are a few tips and tricks I’ve learned over the years that may be helpful— trickle feeding, …
Welcome! First Podcast Episode /February 2019 ( 1 )
New beekeepers are attending bee schools this month and starting on their path of beekeeping. Welcome to this brand new podcast! Here are a few tips, a few challenges and some encouragement for you. …