Tag: David Burns
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The Hidden Skill That Can Turn Any Good Beekeeper Into a Great One Part 2
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 Most beekeepers, during their first few years, (myself included) seem to inspect their bees in a predictable way. We inspect our bees by focusing on individual parts rather than seeing…
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The Hidden Skill That Can Turn Any Good Beekeeper Into a Great One 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! By: David Burns Recently it has become clear to me that one of the biggest challenges facing beekeepers today, especially new beekeepers, is a serious disconnect between descriptive beekeeping and interpretive beekeeping. I…
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The Joy of Helping Others
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 One of the greatest joys in beekeeping is helping a prospective or new beekeeper get started. It is so enjoyable when you can open up a hive with a new…
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Learning the Art of Answering Beekeeping Questions
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Learning the Art of Answering Beekeeping Questions By: David Burns Beekeeping breeds questions and how we answer these questions matters. Some answers may cause more confusion or leave someone feeling overwhelmed. Learning the…
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Does Beekeeping Have to Be So Frustrating?
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 Anyone who thinks beekeeping isn’t hard hasn’t kept bees very long. From the outside — or through the eyes of a brand-new beekeeper — it looks peaceful, relaxing, maybe even…
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The Autumn Illusion: Why Healthy Looking Colonies Can Still Collapse
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 Fall is a season that allows beekeepers to take a breath. For most beekeepers, we’ve harvested our honey and treated for mites (again) and have equalized our hives by combining…
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How to Support Struggling Colonies in Extreme Heat
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 The start of the bee season is filled with cooler Spring temperatures, an abundance of nectar and pollen, and the desire for bees to reproduce. It’s so enjoyable watching bees…
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Hive Inspections & Human Bias: More Than Meets the Eye
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 Years ago, I held an advance beekeeping course at my training center. Something surprising happened and it has stayed with me ever since. I split the class of 16 experienced…