Beekeeping - Short and Sweet

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Episode 321: A Lucky Escape! Oct 20, 2024

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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 Short and Sweet.

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Episode 320: Formic Pro Results Oct 13, 2024

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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.
Formic Pro Website HERE

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Episode 319: Mid-September Sunshine Oct 06, 2024

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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 Company

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Episode 318: The National Uncapper Sep 29, 2024

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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's forms can be found HERE

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Episode 317: Deformed Wing Virus Sep 22, 2024

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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 my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.
Formic Pro Website HERE

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Episode 316: The Honey Room Sep 15, 2024

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In this week's Podcast: It’s been a good week, the nucs are growing very nicely and there are more drawn frames than foundation now, it’s looking really positive. Elsewhere, I’ve been preparing the honey room for the long awaited Summer honey extraction, and I thought you might like to hear about the equipment we have ready for this year’s task.
Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 316 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.
Thorne Beehives section racks and containers

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Episode 315: Moors, Sections and Cut Comb Sep 08, 2024

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In this week's Podcast: The bees finally made it to the heather moors, without a fuss or any drama, a nice feeling for a change! We now have most of the Summer honey safely back to the honey room and this year we have the added excitement of the square sections and frame upon frame of cut comb honey to process. Stay tuned to hear my thoughts on the Moors, our sections finally make it into a display box, and our latest product trial, the new HC cut comb containers from Thorne beehives.
Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 315 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.
Thorne Beehives section racks and containers

Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

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Episode 314: Coaching Plus Chat Sep 01, 2024

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In this week's Podcast: Our Coaching Plus Group meets once a month to chat and ask/answer questions about all things beekeeping. First however, I give my captive audience a run down of where we've been for the previous month. this time it's birage honey, section racks and heather moors.
Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 314 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.
For all your beekeeping supplies visit Modern Beekeeping www.modernbeekeeping.co.uk
Michael Badger: Heather Honey: A Comprehensive Guide
Thorne Beehives section racks and containers

Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

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Episode 313: Drone Brood Removal Aug 25, 2024

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In this week's Podcast: A funny thing happened in the apiaries last week and it got me thinking about what might be going on. We were removing the Drone brood frame as a varroa control mechanism and some of the frames were simply filled with honey, while others were packed with brood, and lots of varroa. Somethings going on but what?
Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 313 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.
For all your beekeeping supplies visit Modern Beekeeping www.modernbeekeeping.co.uk
Michael Badger: Heather Honey: A Comprehensive Guide
Thorne Beehives section racks and containers

Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:

Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access Here
Stewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click Here
Twitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our Feed
Instagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great Photographs
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Episode 312: Heather Moors Aug 18, 2024

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In this week's Podcast: I recently visited the site I intend to use for our heather honey adventure. It’s pretty bleak high up on the moors and first thing in the morning with the mists rolling through you would wonder how the bees are ever going to get out of the hive! Things changed quite dramatically, as I’ll explain.
Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 312 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.
For all your beekeeping supplies visit Modern Beekeeping www.modernbeekeeping.co.uk
Michael Badger: Heather Honey: A Comprehensive Guide

Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:

Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access Here
Stewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click Here
Twitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our Feed
Instagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great Photographs
Sign Up for my email updates by visiting my website here

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