POSTED NOV 09, 2025
LENGTH 1:16:10

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Collecting Smoker Fuel, Beehive Insulation, Sleeping Bees, Small Hive Beetle Threat, Avoiding Tropi Incursion In NJ, Cricket Temperature Gauge, Fall Feeding, Honey Cookie Recipe, Local Hive Report, Right Arm Troubles

00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News

00:23 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda

04:49 | Roundtable 1: Collecting smoker fuel (Pine Needles)

08:50 | Roundtable 2: Insulation of Beehives for Winter (timing and process)

17:39 | Roundtable 3: Sleeping Beauties.  Recognizing sleeping bees in a beehive, behavior and appearance

27:31 | Roundtable 4: Small Hive Beetles – are they becoming a bigger menance?

37:44 | Roundtable 5: Tropilaelaps Avoidance – NJ Action to prevent incursion into US

41:36 | Roundtable 6: Crickets – they can guide you on the temperature outside

45:25 | Roundtable 7: Reflection on Fall Feeding

56:14 | Roundtable 8: A cookie recipe – From molasses cookies to honey cookies (David Lewis)

61:15 | Local Hive Report

69:37 – 76:10 | Closing Comments

Link |  Slumber in a cell: honeycomb used by honey bees for food, brood, heating… and sleeping

Link |  From Molasses Cookies, to Honey Cookies (Don Lewis)

POSTED OCT 12, 2025
LENGTH 1:09:00

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Flourishing Clover, Beehive Lifters, Paint gone wrong, Kloss Update, Out and About at beekeeping events, Local Hive Report, Closing Comments

00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News

00:23 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda

03:25 | Roundtable 1: Clover planted years ago is flourishing

16:49 | Roundtable 2: Beehive lifters

26:33 | Roundtable 3: Self Inflicted Paint Problem – what went wrong, and how to prevent it

33:47 | Roundtable 4: Wishing Bob Kloss well after his medical procedure

37:54 | Roundtable 5: Out and About – the fun in connecting with other beekeepers

47:04 | Local Hive Report

64:46 – 69:24 | Closing Comments

Link |  Beehive lifters YouTube channel

Link |  Hive Lifter – Nasro Apiculture

Link |  Bee Con 2025

Link |  Hive Mind 2025

One on One with Milford NJ beekeeper James Zdepski

00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News

00:23 – 73:13 | One on One with James Zdepski

Link |  James Zdepski Instagram – Beeman_Z

James is a local beekeeper who maintains a large contingent of hives, sells Nucleus Colonies locally, and produces Hygienic queens for use in his operation and for sale.

A 4th generation beekeeper, James talks about his operation and current pursuits.

POSTED SEP 14, 2025
LENGTH 1:07:42

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Mistake with honey boxes, Koza Heart Inserts/Hives, YLH Deterrents, Bee Club Book, Traditional Bee Sting Cake, Goldenrod bloom timing, USDA lab closure comment resource, Local Hive Report

00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News

00:23 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda

04:10 | Roundtable 1: Putting extracted honey boxes out during a dearth is a dumb idea.

14:06 | Roundtable 2: Koza Hive Hearth Frame insert – Koza Hives

19:46 | Roundtable 3: Yellow legged hornet month in Europe – Hornet Traps

24:37 | Roundtable 4: Bee Club, a book by Mea McNeil

30:16 | Roundtable 5: Bienenstich – King Arthur Flour version of  Bee Sting Cake

39:170 | Roundtable 6: Making the connection about the pattern and timing of Goldenrod Blooms

44:27 | Topic 1: Procedure for installing a replacement queen

57:45 | Local Hive Report

64:23 – 67:42 | Closing Comments – Comment page for USDA Beltsville Lap Closure

Link |  KozaHive.com – Heart Shaped honeycomb cartridge frame

Link |  Koza Hive Heart Shaped Cartridges – Amazon.com

Link |  Ornetin Beekeeping Supplies – Yellow legged hornet entrance guard and YLH Trap

Link |  Tracking technology taking on the yellow-legged hornet – APHA Science Blog

Link |  Mea McNeil Bee Club

Link |  Nervous Ghost Press Webpage to purchase Bee Club

Link |  Bienenstich (Bee Sting) cake – King Arthur Flour Variant

Link |  Public Comment Website regarding the proposed closure of the Beltsville MD bee lab

POSTED AUG 31, 2025
LENGTH 1:24:10

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Yellow Legged Hornets, Letting bees emerge – formic pro, Flow hive lifer and complete system, Apimaye Hive in the Yard, Pollen Patty formulation breakthrough from Yeasts, Local Hive Report, Video Recommendation

00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News

00:23 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda

05:09 | Roundtable 1: Yellow Legged Hornet

18:03 | Roundtable 2: Formic Under the Capping – logic for letting bees emerge

23:55 | Roundtable 3: Flow Hive Lifter – a complete system

31:09 | Roundtable 4: Apimaye Hive now in Service

46:22 | Topic 1: New breakthrough in pollen patty formulation on the horizon – 6 necessary Sterols

68:03 | Local Hive Report

81:15 – 84:10 | Closing Comments

Link |  Yellow Legged Hornet Trapping Guide

Link |  Georgia Government Page – Yellow Legged Hornet

Link |  Apimaye USA

Link |  Asian yellow-legged hornet – France Resource (need to translate to English) – See the map on the page

Link |  Tom Nolan presenting on Formic Pro – Worker & Hive, Alberta Canada

Link |  Engineered yeast provides rare but essential pollen sterols for honeybees

POSTED AUG 17, 2025
LENGTH 1:15:00

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00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News

00:23 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda

04:16 | Roundtable 1: Heat of Nectar, Some insects prefer it warm

08:03 | Roundtable 2: The Beekeeper Corner Blog, not us, someone else

17:13 | Roundtable 3: National Honeybee Day – Sue Cobey

18:36 | Roundtable 4: Smokeless Smoker, Electronic Smoker Devices

27:59 | Roundtable 5: Honeycomb construction in nature, examining the differences between how the bees build it and how bees build off of foundation sheets

34:49 | Roundtable 6: Chocolate Avocado Honey Mousse Recipe

38:19 | Roundtable 7: Loaning Oxalic Acid Vaporizers, should clubs consider this as something to share out?

42:43 | Topic 1: Replacing queens, its more than just throwing a queen in the box

56:50 | Local Hive Report

72:35 – 75:00 | Closing Comments

Link |  They Honeybee Embassy at Bright Raven Farm, Jacksonville NY

Link |  The “OTHER” Beekeeper Corner

Link |  Mexican Chocolate Avocado Mousse

POSTED AUG 03, 2025
LENGTH 0:56:04

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Live Podcast Session from the 2025 EAS Conference hosted in Cherry Hill NJ.  Special Guests Allan Storm and Adam Hickman.  Reflections about the learnings at the conference and audience interactions

00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News

00:23 – 04:00 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda

04:00 – 06:05 | Live Show Opening

06:05 – 16:10 | Reflections on what was some of the best sessions from Kevin and Russ

16:10 – 22:15 | Audience reflections on the best sessions of EAS

22:15 – 24:19 | Goofy Session Introductions

24:19 – 38:20 | Maryland’s Allan STORM talking beekeeping adventures and using alternative hives

38:20 – 49:56 | Alabama’s Adam Hickman talking about building his Foxhound Bee Company business.

49:56 – 56:04 | The value of the learning experience provided at an EAS conference, closing comments

Link |  Fox Hound Bee Company

POSTED JUL 26, 2025
LENGTH 1:49:43

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Harvesting Tips, Waxing Cheese, Back Injury Prevention, Mite Monitoring, Recording Bee Talks, Beltsville Closing, Plastic and Wax Foundation, Seasonal Viral Impact Study, Local Hive Report

00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News

00:23 – 05:34 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda

05:34 – 16:48 | Roundtable 1: Harvesting Tips

16:48 – 26:30 | Roundtable 2: Waxing Cheese

26:30 – 33:48 | Roundtable 3: Mind the Back – taking care not to injure your back

33:48 – 45:53 | Roundtable 4: Mite Monitoring Commentary – VarroxSan notes

45:53 – 61:18 | Roundtable 5: Recording medium to low level talks for archival

61:18 – 64:48 | Roundtable 6: Beltsville Bee Lab Closing

64:48 – 80:23 | Topic 1: Foundational – Looking a little deeper at the nuances of plastic and wax foundation

80:23 – 93:22 | Topic 2: Seasonal Viral Impacts Study

93:22 – 109:43 | Local Hive Report

109:43 – 101:25 | Closing Comments

Link |  Preserving Cheese using the waxing method

Link |  Beekeeping Back Safety with Calm Bee Tips & How I harvest one honey frame at a time

Link |  Mind the Gap – Twenty thousand hertz

Link |  USDA Plans to Relocate Staff, Vacate Beltsville Research Center

Link |  Honey bees (Apis mellifera) exhibit seasonal variation in their tolerance to viral infection

POSTED JUL 20, 2025
LENGTH 1:30:22

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Reflecting on commercially processed honey, applying heat to decrystallize honey – thresholds, contemplating success and failure in beekeeping, feeding in summer – it’s important, Tim Schuler speaking of the storied history of New Jersey Beekeeper’s Assocation

00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News

00:23 – 07:03 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda

07:03 – 18:36 | Roundtable 1: Commercial processed honey, there’s a lot to getting honey on store shelves

18:36 – 32:48 | Roundtable 2: Applying heat to decrystallize, a look at the impacts to quality and thresholds

32:48 – 44:15 | Roundtable 3: Anxiety of new beekeeping techniques and contemplating success and failure

44:15 – 53:28 | Roundtable 4: Feeding in summer – the benefits and core

53:28 – 61:15 | Topic 1 Prelude: Setting up the recording for topic one and mentioning the personal connection to the topic Tim presented.

61:15 – 90:22 | Topic 1: Tim Schuler Speaking about the history of the New Jersey Beekeeper’s Association and walking through the history of State Apiarist

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POSTED JUN 6, 2025
LENGTH 1:48:00

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Queen Mating, Bananas and Bees, Sad News, Charlie Bee Viral Vid, Warre Part 2, Homebuilt Long Lang, Multiflora Rose abundance, EPA Varroa Treatment List, Local Hive Report

00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News

00:23 – 05:13 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda

05:13 – 12:40 | Roundtable 1: The value of well mated queens – how to see the benefits in simple terms

12:40 – 26:27 | Roundtable 2: Feeding bananas to bees, it seems it is not as bad as you think, and it might be beneficial

26:27 – 28:51 | Roundtable 3: Sad News – A tragic accident takes the life of beekeeper Bill Crawford.

28:51 – 30:17 | Roundtable 4: The “Charlie Bee’ Viral Video

30:17 – 40:35 | Roundtable 5: Follow up on the impressions for Shook Swarming the Warre hive

40:35 – 48:36 | Roundtable 6: A suggestion for trying a Long Langstroth Hive with simple equipment

48:36 – 50:58 | Roundtable 7: The prevalence of Multiflora rose in 2025

50:58 – 84:05 | Topic 1: Reviewing the submissions for Varroa Management from the EPA’s website – Special attention to OrganiShield

84:05 – 100:58 | Local Hive Report

100:58 – 107:18 | Closing Comments

Link |  Long Langstroth Hives from Flavor Farms

Link |  Charlie Bee Viral Video

Link |  EPA-registered Pesticide Products Approved for Use Against Varroa Mites in Bee Hives

Link | Katherines Davitt on Beekeeping Today Podcast – Bananas for bees

Link | Cavendish Banas and their Nutritional Benefit to Honey Bees – Katherine’s Presentation

Link | OrganiShield Representative talking about the product – including some historical connections to beekeeping. (This video is sped up and is awful. Slow the video down by 1/4 speed to get a better experience.)