Episode #302 – Reversed

SYNOPSIS:

Sugar feeding for fall success, Cleaning up wet honey supers, Chainsaws near live bees, Norroa timing, Whipped Honey, Stinging nettle trend for varroa, Bagging wet honey supers, The Fall Reversal technique, Local Hive Report, 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

05:04 | Roundtable 1: Sugar benefits bees during a dearth, and for winter buildup

09:12 | Roundtable 2: Feeding bees wet honey supers, discussion of some techniques

22:17 | Roundtable 3: Operating chainsaws in an active apiary

30:08 | Roundtable 4: Norroa in spring and fall – The Norroa Timing Guide

33:58 | Roundtable 5: Whipped honey (in lieu of creamed honey), will it become a trend?

40:42 | Roundtable 6: Stinging Nettle in various forms as a varroa treatment

50:23 | Roundtable 7: Using bags to cover, and protect, wet honey supers on beehives from robbing

54:27 | Topic 1: Employing a fall-reversal to setup bees for winter success

70:44 | Local Hive Report

76:11 – 87:17 | Closing Comments

EPISODE LINKS

Link |  Norroa Timing Guide

Link |  Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) as a potential control agent for Varroa mite (Varroa destructor) in honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera)