Beekeeping - Short and Sweet

In this week's Podcast:  Another week and another heatwave, what better way to spend the hot Summer days than setting up nucs for the Autumn, collecting supers laden with Borage honey and having a test drive in a brand new truck!

Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 224 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

Sponsorship: I'm delighted to say that our podcast is now sponsored in part by Simon The Beekeeper - 'Making beekeeping an affordable hobby for everyone, Simon the Beekeeper provides the best value beekeeping equipment possible, along with a super-fast delivery service. The bees won’t wait, so their customers don't have to either.
Visit the website at www.simonthebeekeeper.co.uk

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In this week's Podcast:  I'm finally in the honey room and the process of extracting our honey is under way. One new addition to the line up is Bulk Barrels, listen in to hear why.

Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 223 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

Sponsorship: I'm delighted to say that our podcast is now sponsored in part by Simon The Beekeeper - 'Making beekeeping an affordable hobby for everyone, Simon the Beekeeper provides the best value beekeeping equipment possible, along with a super-fast delivery service. The bees won’t wait, so their customers don't have to either.
Visit the website at www.simonthebeekeeper.co.uk

For Autumn Feeding check out Modern Beekeeping

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In this week's Podcast:  I always said there would be bumps in the road as we build our beekeeping business this year, I wasn't quite prepared for the massive pothole that is our failed borage pollination this Summer. Listen in to hear why it's happened and what we're doing to manage it.

Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 222 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

Sponsorship: I'm delighted to say that our podcast is now sponsored in part by Simon The Beekeeper - 'Making beekeeping an affordable hobby for everyone, Simon the Beekeeper provides the best value beekeeping equipment possible, along with a super-fast delivery service. The bees won’t wait, so their customers don't have to either.
Visit the website at www.simonthebeekeeper.co.uk

For Autumn Feeding check out Modern Beekeeping

If you fancy birdwatching with me, grab the App "BIRDA"

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In this week's Podcast: There's been a noticeable increase in the number of wasps appearing around our hives this week, as the Summer nectar flow begins to dry up it's time to give our colonies a little help against these pests.

Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 221 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

Sponsorship: I'm delighted to say that our podcast is now sponsored in part by Simon The Beekeeper - 'Making beekeeping an affordable hobby for everyone, Simon the Beekeeper provides the best value beekeeping equipment possible, along with a super-fast delivery service. The bees won’t wait, so their customers don't have to either.
Visit the website at www.simonthebeekeeper.co.uk

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In this week's Podcast: I've been trying to work out our colony numbers again, the weather is getting hotter and hotter and the bees are packing away the honey.

Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 220 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

Sponsorship: I'm delighted to say that our podcast is now sponsored in part by Simon The Beekeeper - 'Making beekeeping an affordable hobby for everyone, Simon the Beekeeper provides the best value beekeeping equipment possible, along with a super-fast delivery service. The bees won’t wait, so their customers don't have to either.
Visit the website at www.simonthebeekeeper.co.uk

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In this week's Podcast: What to do with all the honey left in buckets and extractors? Well, why not have a bash at making mead, I've done just that and took the opportunity to add some very fragrant Elderflowers into the mix.

Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 219 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

Sponsorship: I'm delighted to say that our podcast is now sponsored in part by Simon The Beekeeper - 'Making beekeeping an affordable hobby for everyone, Simon the Beekeeper provides the best value beekeeping equipment possible, along with a super-fast delivery service. The bees won’t wait, so their customers don't have to either.
Visit the website at www.simonthebeekeeper.co.uk

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In this week's Podcast: The Summer nectar flow has begun, it’s now a mad rush to get honey into supers but if all you have is new frames with foundation it will limit the amount your bees can store. Stay tuned to hear why.

Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 218 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

Sponsorship: I'm delighted to say that our podcast is now sponsored in part by Simon The Beekeeper - 'Making beekeeping an affordable hobby for everyone, Simon the Beekeeper provides the best value beekeeping equipment possible, along with a super-fast delivery service. The bees won’t wait, so their customers don't have to either.
Visit the website at www.simonthebeekeeper.co.uk

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In this week's Podcast: Sometimes we get lucky with swarm collections, low-hanging fruit as it were, listening to hear about our latest catch and my first attempts at collecting pollen using traps fitted to our Technoset hives.

Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 217 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

Sponsorship: I'm delighted to say that our podcast is now sponsored in part by Simon The Beekeeper - 'Making beekeeping an affordable hobby for everyone, Simon the Beekeeper provides the best value beekeeping equipment possible, along with a super-fast delivery service. The bees won’t wait, so their customers don't have to either.
Visit the website at www.simonthebeekeeper.co.uk

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In this week's Podcast: It's been incredibly hot with daytime temperatures hitting in excess of 30° Celsius, we had a very late night moving bees and some interesting "ad hoc" methods of releasing caged queens, listen in for more tales of the unexpected!

Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 216 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

Sponsorship: I'm delighted to say that our podcast is now sponsored in part by Simon The Beekeeper - 'Making beekeeping an affordable hobby for everyone, Simon the Beekeeper provides the best value beekeeping equipment possible, along with a super-fast delivery service. The bees won’t wait, so their customers don't have to either.
Visit the website at www.simonthebeekeeper.co.uk

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In this week's Podcast: Summer is approaching fast and I'm preparing colonies for the main nectar flow of the year, listen to find out how things are going.

Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 215 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

Sponsorship: I'm delighted to say that our podcast is now sponsored in part by Simon The Beekeeper - 'Making beekeeping an affordable hobby for everyone, Simon the Beekeeper provides the best value beekeeping equipment possible, along with a super-fast delivery service. The bees won’t wait, so their customers don't have to either.
Visit the website at www.simonthebeekeeper.co.uk

Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:

• Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access Here
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