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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