Caught up with Maryland Beekeeper Joe Lewis at the Chester County Beekeeper Annual Symposium. Its simply a short catch up and a discussion about a few odds and ends. Joe is involved with the Susquehanna Beekeepers and they have an active association with quite a bit of beekeeping education available at the website – http://susquehannabeekeepers.com/ Joe…
This past weekend I had a few moments so I started poking around looking at different hive form factors. I spoke of some that I previewed in Episode 106 and wanted to expand on a facet of hive design that has my interest right now. Disclaimer: I know this is not a new idea and…
POSTED MAR 12, 2017 LENGTH 1:15:00 EPISODE LINK – CLICK/TAP TO LISTEN SYNOPSIS: Landi Simone, John Gaut, Cheerios Program, BKCorner YouTube, Fermented Garlic Vid, Alternative Hives, Pest-Nest-Threat, Oxalic Ideas, Closing Comments EPISODE GUIDE Agenda 00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News 00:23 – 03:19 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks…
Hi everyone. A New BKCorner YouTube Channel Is Born I wanted to announce that I have started a new YouTube channel for the podcast. If you have been listening for a while you know that I oversee the Northwest NJ Beekeepers Association Channel and have posted just about all of the video work that I…
I had on my to-do list to circle back with Rich Morris from Broodminder and conduct a proper interview with him. I got a chance to connect at the New Jersey Beekeepers symposium in February and after everyone had left on the second day we sat down for a one on one. I got a…
LENGTH 1:15:00 Episode Link – Click/Tap to Listen SYNOPSIS: Local Hive Report, 2017 thoughts – natural comb, BioDynamic Beekeeping, Closing Comments EPISODE GUIDE Agenda 00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News 00:23 – 09:21 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda 09:21 – 24:23 | Segment “0″: Local Hive…
POSTED MAR 01, 2017 LENGTH 1:15:00 EPISODE LINK – CLICK/TAP TO LISTEN SYNOPSIS: Philadelphia Beekeepers Symposium Presentation Recaps from: Karen Roccasecca – PA State Apiarist Report, Rebecca Masterman – The Road to Mite Check, Megan Milbrath – Toward Treatment Free, Deb Delaney – Take time to smell the roses, Samuel Ramsey – Varroa Feed on Honey…
You will hear me say in the next local hive report that none of my nucs survived the winter. I’m honestly disappointed but my expectations for success in beekeeping has been well tempered with years of beekeeping under my belt. Examining Hive Loss Why? The Grief of Loss Whenever things go wrong you first ask…
The Rise of Honey Tasting As a producer of a podcast one is always looking for topics and one such topic that I covered on a handful of occasions is honey tasting. Honey Tasting has seen an upswing with the 2010s and I can’t help but think that it has something to do with our…
I had this on my to-do list for a little while. I updated the home page link to point to the most recent hive inspection sheet that I use for checking my bees. The sheet is always being tweaked this way or that and in the latest update I made adjustments so where it makes…
