Show Notes

Episode 263 – Sprung Already

POSTED MAR 16, 2025
LENGTH 1:30:00

Episode #263 – Sprung Already

SYNOPSIS:

Seedless Mandarin Orange Conflict, Gate Actuators, Shaking Honey Buckets, Genetic Diversity as a Con, Aluminum Impact to bees, 2025 approach, Looking back at Amitraz usage, Local Hive Report, Closing Comments

EPISODE GUIDE

Agenda

00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News

00:23 – 04:28 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda

04:28 – 09:48 | Roundtable 1: Seedless Fruits – Conflict resolution between farmers and beekeepers

09:48 – 17:29 | Roundtable 2: Gate Actuator Device

17:29 – 21:37 | Roundtable 3: Shaking honey buckets with a Phsyical Therapy device

21:37 – 25:53 | Roundtable 4: Good things gone bad – Supposition – too many genetics is counterintuitive

25:53 – 33:02 | Roundtable 5: Aluminum impact to bees – could it be the canary in the coalmine

33:02 – 54:26 | Topic 1: Musing about the 2025 Beekeeping Management Appraoch

54:26 – 73:19 | Topic 2: A background review of Amitraz use – Leading to Apivar 2.0

73:19 – 82:59 | Local Hive Report

82:59 – 89:10 | Closing Comments

EPISODE LINKS

Link | Gate Actuator Solution for filling honey jars by weight

Link | Gate Actuator Solution for filling honey jars by weight (second Version)

Link | GrifoTech® Automatic honey gate opening assistant

Link | Science Daily (2015) Aluminum: New factor in the decline of bee populations?

Link | PlosOne (2019) Honey bees (Apis mellifera spp.) respond to increased aluminum exposure in their foraging choice, motility, and circadian rhythmicity