On this show we talk about Swarms and Swarm Patrol with Andrew Guzowski who is a beekeeper from Sydney in Australia, he is the brains behind the Swarm Patrol website and has been keeping bees for thirty years.

• How Andrew got started in beekeeper?
• What motivated Andrew to create Swarm Patrol?
• A funny Swarm experience that explains why you should always wear a veil.
• How to prepare for your first Swarm Collection.
• Why Swarm Patrol is free for all Beekeepers.

• Become a SwarmPatroller HERE
• Swarm Patrol Facebook Page is HERE
• Follow the Swarm Patrol on Twitter HERE

Full show notes with cookies can be found HERE

This week we are talking about Go the Indians, killer backyard beekeepers, drunken fencing incident stings couple (and who said kiwis have an accent!) and the riddle of Manuka honey. This is Episode Ninety Six of our beekeeping podcast.

We talked this month about:-

• Riddle of how 1,700 tons of manuka honey are made... but 10,000 are sold
• VIDEO - Drunk Couple Crash Car Into Beehive
• Here's the colony-killing mistake backyard beekeepers make
• Monsanto Is Losing Millions. Indian Farmers Plant Indigenous Seeds
• Can't Get it out of the Comb?
• Quit your job, become a...beekeeper
• Pupils' 'Honey Huts' creating buzz nationwide

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The full Show Notes can be found HERE

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In this show we are talking about Threat action, Cowboys, Pesticide Positive action in Vancouver, thieving mongrels and the long arm of the law.

Here are the links to the stories we talked about:-

• (VIDEO) Taranaki beekeepers fight unregistered hives as cowboys muscle in
• (VIDEO) Beehive thefts hit Tauranga company
• ID marks give clues after hive raiders flee
• Two arrested after being caught with 65 stolen bee hives
  How this small country school is turning a profit from the land
• What To Do If A Bee Stings Your Dog Or Cat
• 15 Lifehacks for Beekeepers
• Vancouver bans bee-killing pesticide

Full Show Notes are available HERE

This week we are talking about the New Bee Season 2016 for us kiwi’s, history being made, Cranky Bees, Dreamy Bees, Hot Stuff and Invasion of the Great Aphid. This is Episode Ninety Four of our beekeeping podcast.

Here are stories we discussed this time:-

• Brilliant new beehive harnesses solar energy to exterminate the colony’s worst enemy
• New business Tasman Honey processes honey for hobbyists
• Top 7 Reasons for Cranky Bees
• Aphids wreak havoc on Wairarapa hives
• Glyphosate spraying in Auckland to continue; Councillors upset
• Bees learn while they sleep

Full Show Notes are available HERE

This podcast is a helpful and handy chat about preparing for Bee Season 2016.  What you need to do to prepare for Spring.

Full Show Notes can bee found HERE

Hilary Kearney is from "Girl Next Door Honey", She does live Bee Removals and sells local honey in the San Diego, California part of the world.

• Bees in your pants are never a great idea
• Other Ways to make money with Beekeeping
• Some of the biggest mistakes a lot of new beekeepers are making.
• Why catching swarms at night, should be discouraged
• A trick to help you work with bees at night

• Hilary’s Instagram page can be found HERE
• Check out Girl Next Door Honey web page HERE
• Hilary’s Facebook page is HERE
• Free ‘This Product Kills Bees’ Stickers
• Our interview with Henk Tennekes Neonicotinoids a Disaster in the making?
• 10 Mistakes New Beekeepers Make Post
• Girl Next Door on Periscope is HERE
• Hilary is on Twitter HERE

 Full Show Notes are available HERE

This week we are talking about Bee vandals, Council RatBags and what to do with extra queen cells. This is Episode Ninety one of our beekeeping podcast.

Here the topics we covered in this show:-

• Manuka 'madness' drove hive poisoning - beekeeper
• Thousands of Ebbw Vale honey bees killed by vandals
• Can I fix crystallized honey?
• Should I destroy extra queen cells?
• How Does Honey Help Diabetics?
• Nation's Biggest Honey Packer Admits 'Laundering' Chinese Honey

Full show notes are available HERE

This week we are talking to Jeff Armstrong from Louisiana (Better known as JP the Beeman). JP is a Bee Removal expert from New Orleans. Jeff explains his philosophy to keeping bees and why he produces his video.

• How JP and Schawee met each other
• JP and Schawee first video is HERE
• How does JP get away with not always wearing a beesuit
• What is JP’s goal with his videos
• Why Schawee has to have his vanila shakes
• Why Queen Excluders are not the best idea

• Jeff is on Twitter at @jpthebeeman
• Jeff's YouTube channel is HERE
• Old Swingset Bees can be found HERE
• A possible JP TV Show on the cards?
• Honey Bees Removed From Fire Training Facility-Part Two video HERE

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Full Show can be found HERE

This week we are talking about Preventing Bee Stings, Leonardo DiCaprio and Painting Boxes.  This is Episode Eighty Nine of our beekeeping podcast.

Here are the stories we talked about this week:-

Full Show Notes are HERE

This week we are talking to Mary Canning from Follow the Honey. Find out how the "Follow the Honey" movement started and how it is helping lives of beekeepers.

Full Show Notes can bee found Here:- Following The Human Rights Honey with Mary Canning