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…
This comes courtesy of Bob Kloss…. Bob spoke of a pattern of ‘footprints’ on the outside of his hives that he learned was indicative of robbing in episode 102 – Chewing the Fat. I wanted to share the photos and some commentary of what he learned. Photos Courtesy of Bob Kloss What is that stuff?…
In episode 103, round-table 1 I spoke of a 2×4 wooden hive stand that I liked from a Pintrest photo. I tried to describe it but didn’t feel to successful and vowed to provide photo evidence. Stupid Simple I like the design because it is stupid simple. In a Kevin kind of way if I…
I’m not sure that listeners of the podcast come to this website for any other reason then to follow links in the show notes passed along in episodes. I’ve been thinking lately that many of the topics I cover can be given a little more personal touch if I passed them along in writing and…
POSTED FEB 12, 2017 LENGTH 1:15:00 Episode Link – Click/Tap to Listen SYNOPSIS: Local Hive Report, Can Bees Count, Wooden Hive Stand, Live Bee Cam, Seed Packets, Honey Mustard Chickpeas, Listener Feedback, Philly Symposium Recap EPISODE GUIDE Agenda 00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News 00:23 – 07:18 |…
