POSTED JAN 25, 2026
LENGTH 1:23:14
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Episode #290 – Snowmageddon
SYNOPSIS:
Plastic Foundation Corners, Honey on the go packets, Dealing with Cold Temps, Honey Tarts Romania, Winter Checks, Buckfast Bees, Sugar Variant Feeding Study, Closing Comments
EPISODE GUIDE
Agenda
00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News
00:23 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda
06:03 | Roundtable 1: Cutting Corners out of Plastic Foundation
17:35 | Roundtable 2: Honey Packets for Honey on the Go
22:12 | Roundtable 3: Considering very cold temperatures and bees overwintering
27:34 | Roundtable 4: “Honey Tarts” a beekeeper in Romania showing how he feeds bees in winter
30:49 | Roundtable 5: Introduction to the new Oxalic Acid product ApiBioxal RTU
40:57 | Roundtable 6: Checking on bees in winter – discerning if they are alive
52:19 | Roundtable 7: Buckfast bees, what would it be like to use them in the apiary?
56:36 | Topic 1: Study – Sucrose, glucose, and fructose preference in honeybees and their effects on food digestibility
1:14:25 – 1:23:14 | Closing Comments
EPISODE LINKS
Link | Sucrose, glucose, and fructose preference in honeybees and their effects on food digestibility
Link | Honey Tarts
Link | Chester County Beekeepers Annual Conference
Link | Honey.com – National Honey Board recipe for Honey Cough Syrup (and popsicles)
Link | Grange Apiary – Regina Rhoa, Collegeville PA YouTube Channel
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