Category: Audio
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General Honey Bee Swarm Biology and Management (Part 1)
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! An Overview of a Typical Honey Bee Swarm EpisodeBy: James E. Tew The Springtime event The general story is that a colony – probably headed by queen that is more than one year…
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When Beekeeping Feels More Stressful Than Satisfying: How to Fix It
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: David Burns (Click on photos to enlarge) Most of us probably started beekeeping because it was an exciting and attractive hobby. Beekeeping is adventurous, a bit mysterious and very surreal to the…
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This is the Year
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Stephen Bishop I’m a firm believer that farm animals exist primarily to torment farmers. The fact that we eat livestock feels like rightful payback for all the trauma these creatures inflict during…
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Thriving Hives: A Matter of Science or Mere Chance?
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: David Burns (Click on photos to enlarge) Coming out of Winter sometimes feels like playing the lottery. Instead of scratching off numbers, we are opening lids to see which hives survived the…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Divide and Prosper By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel When it comes to doing Spring divides, beekeepers are divided. We were raised with Spring splits as a beekeeping rule, not a management exception.…
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Some Common Principles of the Spring Management of Bee Colonies
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Giving it Your Best Guess By: James E. Tew As I write for you, my Winter tally of Winter-killed colonies is still unknown, but I can predict that it will be disappointing. I…
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Escaping the Virion?
Click Here if you watched/listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! By: Tracy Farone (Click on images to enlarge) As we trod through the end of Winter season into March, we see hopes of Spring in the occasional warm day, allowing us to get outside and get…
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Off the Wahl Beekeeping
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Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! New(ish) Beekeeper Column Frame Manipulations By: Richard Wahl From Supers to Frames In last month’s article I wrote about reversing brood supers, when to add honey supers, feeding options and some generalized inspection…