Episode 53: The Way of the Future

53

Posted Mar. 2nd, 2014

Length 91:32 | Listen

Synopsis:

Local Hive Report, Bob Kloss, Spring Management, Swarm Prevention, Frame Design, Frame Construction, Equipment Choices, Hive Stand, Overwintering Nucs, Weighing Hives, Bloom Dates

Episode Guide:

Agenda – Audio Version

  • 00:00 – 00:20 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News
  • 00:21 – 02:40 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda & Bob Kloss Introduction
  • 02:40 – 10:10 | Segment “0″: Local Hive Report – Mentoring Hive Report
  • 10:10 – 29:00 | Segment 1: Spring Management / Swarm Prevention
  • 29:00 – 44:30 | Segment 2: The Frame Game
  • 44:30 – 52:00 | Segment 3: Styrofoam Hive –
  • 52:00 – 54:45 | Segment 4: Heat Dynamics in a vertical vs horizontal hive

Roundtable

  • 54:45 – 60:00 | Roundtable 1: Discussing Dead Outs – Overwintering Dynamics
  • 60:00 – 67:44 | Roundtable 2: 2014 Aspirations – Queens, Genetics, Inspections, Keeping Notes
  • 67:44 – 70:45 | Roundtable 3: Frame Stand – Spotting Dead Nettle Flowers – Frame Stand Video
  • 70:45 – 75:45 | Roundtable 4: Swarms Traps – Lincoln Sennett Plastic Hive Design & Feeder
  • 75:45 – 81:20 | Roundtable 5: Overwintering Nuc Dynamics
  • 81:20 – 87:17 | Roundtable 6: Hive Weights, Bloom Dates, Swarm Data Correlations
  • 87:17 – 91:15 | Closing Comments

Video Version