Hive Traps and Jib
Preview of a Hive trap and raising/lowering Jib to place hive traps into a tree.
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Video Short – Shot of the large amount of bees in the PolyStyrene Hive – Spring 2016
Very short video showing the strength of the Polystyrene hive coming out of winter. Checked on the hive to see if they were working on the pollen patty and sugar provided. It was all but gone. Date of the video was March 11th, 2016.
Episode 91 – Don’t Believe Everything you Think
POSTED Mar 7, 2016 LENGTH 1:08:52 | SYNOPSIS: Local Hive Report, Mite Biting Bees, Cloake Boards, Honeymoon, Cathedral Hive, Dartington Hive, Slovenia Hives, Honey and Health EPISODE GUIDE Agenda 00:00 – 00:20 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News 00:20 – 03:19 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda 03:19 –…
MochaMint Beeswax Lip Balm Video
Posted the video of the Dreamy Beeswax Lip Balm that I made courtesy of the information Landi Simones talk on products of the hive. I called my lip balm MochaMint because the unprocessed cocoa butter in combination with the peppermint made for a great chocolaty mint flavor. The recipe and instructions are at the end…
Wax Pastes
In Episode 90 I mentioned making some past waxes out of bees waxes and various oils. I thought I’d share some photos of some of the items that I polished/treated but unfortunately my before and after photos went south with a bad memory card. I did get a shot of my before and after boots….
Episode 90 – Bee My Valentine
POSTED Feb 14, 2016 LENGTH 84:55 | SYNOPSIS: Local Hive Report, Killing Varroa with Heat, Wax Pastes, Meeting Recaps, Swarm Frequency, Overnight Oatmeal, Bait hives, ZomBeeWatch, Bee Cage EPISODE GUIDE Agenda 00:00 – 00:20 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News 00:20 – 02:30 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda 02:30…
New Jersey Swarm Report Data
This is an aggregate of the data for swarms reported in the last three years. It is evident that NJ swarms start in late April as a rule and taper off in July.
A heat map of the visitors to the podcast in the last 30 days.
Shows the diversity of where listeners are coming from. Pretty cool.
Natural Beekeeping Symposium
Bob Kloss and I headed down Route 95 this past weekend to take in the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild Natural Beekeeping Symposium featuring Michael Palmer. As always Michael delivers a compelling and insightful presentation on how he operates his business. At the center of his strategy is the use of Nucleus colonies for sustainability and no…
