Beekeeping - Short and Sweet

Beekeeping, Short and Sweet. A podcast for the inquisitive beekeeper with a short attention span. A beekeeper, in fact, just like me.This is my monthly Q&A session answering beekeeping questions submitted by my Patreon supporters. In this episode, we have questions relating to sloping apiaries, dummy boards and others.Thank you to everyone who submitted questions for the Q&A for March. It was really quite difficult to keep it "short and sweet" but I only overran by a few seconds.Some really great questions and hopefully as we move forward I will get better at the whole Q&A process.Keep the comments and suggestions coming, there will, of course, be a Q&A Podcast lined up for April.

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Today's podcast is the follow-on interview with Kevin Thorn, Group Coordinator for the Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association and also the person heading up the project at the Abberton Reservoir near Colchester, Essex. UK.Kevin explains how the project got started, the processes that they went through and who is involved.

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In today's podcast I meet up with Kevin thorn, Groups' Organiser for the Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association here in the UK.I am a member of BIBBA and I wanted to share some information about the group so that other beekeepers could learn a little more about the organisation and maybe even decide that it was something worth getting involved in.The Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association has its own informative website www.bibba.com where you can find lots of useful information about the group and ways to participate.If you are interested in any aspect of the association's activities please do get in touch with Kevin by email, [email protected]

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A podcast for the inquisitive beekeeper with a short attention span, a podcast, in fact, designed for a beekeeper just like me!Nosema is a spore-forming parasitic microsporidian. There are over 200 different species of Nosema, fortunately, only two of those affect our honeybees.Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae.Each one is slightly different and develops in the honeybee slightly differently but both can devastate a honeybee colony.If you would like me to check your honeybees for Nosema check out my website:http://www.norfolk-honey.co.uk/product/nosema-assessment/The Scientific paper I refer to in the podcast is;"Effect of thymol and resveratrol administered with candyor syrup on the development of Nosema ceranaeand on the longevity of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)in laboratory conditions" Costa, Lodesani and Maistrello.Apidologie 41 (2010) 141–150 Available online at:c INRA/DIB-AGIB/EDP Sciences, 2009 www.apidologie.orgDOI: 10.1051/apido/2009070

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A podcast for the inquisitive beekeeper with a short attention span, a podcast, in fact, designed for a beekeeper just like me!The ProVap 220UKIn Today's Podcast, I review the latest piece of equipment I have called the ProVap220UK Oxalic Acid Sublimator/VaporiserCheck out all of the product details on our website http://www.norfolk-honey.co.uk/product/provap220uk/

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My regular weekly podcast for beekeepers everywhere.This week is my first monthly round-up podcast looking at jobs I have to complete this month and taking a brief look at what follows on in March.Beekeeping, Short and Sweet."For the inquisitive beekeeper with a short attention span!"Hopefully, you might find it fun, interesting, informative and questioning. Perhaps helping you question why you keep bees the way you do or find you fighting your corner because of the way you keep your bees.Anything I say will be meant in a kind-hearted way and not intended to insult and with any luck, it might just start up a conversation!I hope you enjoy them and feedback is always encouraged via my Facebook page, Patreon page or website

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Beekeeping, Short and Sweet.In this introductory podcast I outline very roughly what you might expect, I've called my podcasts "Beekeeping - Short and Sweet" and it will run with the tagline of something along the lines of"For the inquisitive beekeeper with a short attention span!"The plan is to keep them short and interesting, enough to get you listening and not doze off because it's just too long.Hopefully, you might find it fun, interesting, informative and questioning. Perhaps helping you question why you keep bees the way you do or find you fighting your corner because of the way you keep your bees.Anything I say will be meant in a kind-hearted way and not intended to insult and with any luck, it might just start up a conversation!I hope you enjoy them and feedback is always encouraged via my Facebook page, Patreon page or website

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