POSTED NOV 8, 2026
LENGTH 1:04:51
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Special Episode: Sharing a recording of a hive inspection where the bees were quite aggressive. The episode features the recording and commentary of the work to transfer a testy hive into different hive equipment.
00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News
00:23 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda
06:25 | Activity 1: Relocating the two 5-Frame nuc box frames into a 10-Frame Deep
13:55 | Activity 2: Taking a moment to reflect on the aggressiveness as I went to refill my smoker fuel
33:40 | Activity 3: Move the specialized frames that were drawn for my top bar to the top bar hive
46:00 | Activity 4: Removing bees from the empty nucleus box as well as the shallow 5-Frame nuc so I can relocate the resources to the other colony
51:00 | Activity 5: Move the empty shallow resources as a supplement to the metal stand nucleus colony
54:40 | Activity 6: Cleaning up after the operation
56:26 – 64:41 | Post inspection report of hive status as of today and commentary about interacting with the hive after the day of the featured recording.
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