Beekeeping - Short and Sweet

Jan 05 2025 326 ep. 16 mins 417
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A Beekeeping Podcast for the Inquisitive Beekeeper with a Short Attention Span! BeeFarmer, YouTuber (The Norfolk Honey Company, Patreon Host (www.patreon.com/norfolkhoney), Beekeeping mentor to 1000's of beekeepers worldwide via my social media channels, Facebook and Instagram.

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Episode 326 Late Autumn Beekeeping Update

Jan 05 2025 12 mins  
In this week's Podcast: As most of you will know, I’ve had a couple of weeks away from the podcast and videos to recuperate after my recent visit to the hospital. Today I wanted to give you a personal update and talk briefly about my beekeeping plans for the next few weeks.Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks. Welcome to Episode 326 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.Contact Me at The

Episode 325: Active Bees, Late Winter Starvation?

Dec 01 2024 17 mins  
In this week's Podcast: It’s incredible to think that today, the 25th October 2024, the local temperature is hitting 19° Celsius, it all seems lovely right now but what are the implications for our honeybees as we head through the Winter, listen in for my thoughts.Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 325 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.Contact Me at The Norf

Episode 324: Warm October Sunshine

Nov 17 2024 17 mins  
In this week's Podcast: The sun has been shining and we’ve experienced much warmer weather than we would normally expect at this time of the year. Our bees are out scouring their range in search of food and still bringing back plenty of pollen.Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks, welcome to Episode 324 of my podcast,Beekeeping Short and Sweet.Thorne Beehives Soft Set Honey Equipment:Hand He

Episode 323: First Frost Autumn 2024

Nov 03 2024 18 mins  
In this week's Podcast: It should have come as no real surprise, it is October after all. But this week I experienced my first frosty morning at home which means out in the apiaries it was probably a little colder. Later the same day our bees were out flying in warm Autumn sunshine, in other news, it’s also time to consider Oxalic Acid treatments, if you’re using them.Hi, I’m

Episode 322: A Dead Colony

Oct 27 2024 18 mins  
In this week's Podcast: Ongoing Autumn checks are continuing to reveal, for the most part, some very healthy colonies that are well provisioned for the cold weeks that lay ahead, hefting confirms some weighty Langstroth brood boxes. It’s why I like them. I did however discover one colony that had failed and today I want to talk through how you too can spot the signs and prevent d

Episode 321: A Lucky Escape!

Oct 20 2024 17 mins  
In this week's Podcast: It’s been rather cooler this past week, especially overnight. Not that I’ve seen any frost you understand but it feels like we’ve begun the long journey through to next Spring. Elsewhere, it’s been getting very hot in the honey room, too hot in fact, listen in to hear why! Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 321 of my podcast, Beekeeping

Episode 320: Formic Pro Results

Oct 13 2024 17 mins  
In this week's Podcast: I recently used some Formic Pro to treat a colony showing severe signs of Varroa damage, so much so I think they may have been close to collapse. Well the results are in, stay tuned to hear if I managed to save them or if, sadly, I’m cleaning out another bee hive.Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 320 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

Episode 319: Mid-September Sunshine

Oct 06 2024 17 mins  
In this week's Podcast: Well, the colonies have finally come back from their trip to the heather moors and it’s been a surprising trip, in many ways, stay tuned for my thoughts on exactly what happened.Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 319 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey CompanyJoin Our Beekeeping Community in the following

Episode 318: The National Uncapper

Sep 29 2024 27 mins  
In this week's Podcast: I’ve been very lucky to be sent a National Uncapper by the team at Bee cooperative.org It’s a newly designed uncapper, and today I’m joined by the co-inventors Martin and Peter for a chat on how the idea started and how it works.Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 318 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.The National Uncapper in all it

Episode 317: Deformed Wing Virus

Sep 21 2024 18 mins  
In this week's Podcast: Now that we’ve brought the colonies back from the clover fields to their overwintering apiaries, it’s given me a chance to carry out a few checks and I discovered one colony was suffering from a heavy deformed Wing virus infection, this usually means Varroa issues, and that leaves me with a dilemma!Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 317 of m