Beekeeping - Short and Sweet

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Queen Rearing using the Nicot System S1:E21 Jul 20, 2018

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Queen rearing using the Nicot system has to be one of the easiest methods of producing a reasonable number of queen cells with the minimum amount of hassle. In today's podcast, I discuss a previous method of queen rearing called the Alley method which turned out to be my favourite from last season and then how I use the Nicot system for raising around 15-20 queen cells per batch.The Nicot system was sent to me to try out last year by UK based online beekeeping specialists Bee Equipment. Check out their website, https://bee-equipment.co.uk/collections/queen-rearing-kits/products/queen-cup-system-starter-kitThere are cheaper versions available online but they seem to be poorly made when compared to the original system, I'd always rather opt for kit that's going to work rather than a cheaper version that is going to frustrate me!Check out my Patreon page here; www.patreon.com/norfolkhoney

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Summer Varroa Treatment and CBPV S1:E20 Jul 13, 2018

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Beekeeping Short and Sweet, a beekeeping podcast for the inquisitive beekeeper, a beekeeper, in fact, just like me!This week I take a look at my Summer Varroa Treatments and discuss a worrying infection in one of my colonies, Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus.Through most of the Summer I use a mechanical method of removing varroa mites but when I split colonies I switch to a treatment. In today's podcast, I talk about how I use this.Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus has taken hold of one of my colonies and I'm not sure there's much I can do with it except wait and see!I have carried out a bit of research in the last month reading quite a few scientific articles about the problem but there doesn't seem to be much practical help out there for beekeepers.The website I used for the Varroa Calculation is the National Bee Units website http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/The scientific papers I have read can be found using Google Scholar and searching Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus.The primary source of my reading is a book called Honeybee Pests, Predators and Diseases edited by Morse and Flottum. You can grab a copy of this book via a link on my website https://www.norfolk-honey.co.uk/beekeeping-booksCheck out my support page at www.patreon.com/norfolkhoney were you can help me create more content and access special rewards in return.Keep the messages coming and I'll catch up with you all next week.

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Spring Honey Crop and the Dyce Method S1:E19 Jul 06, 2018

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Monthly Q&A - June S1:E18 Jun 29, 2018

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My Monthly Beekeeping Q&A, Supers, swarms, Queens and more!A beekeeping podcast for the inquisitive beekeeper with a short attention span, a beekeeper, in fact, just like me!This month we have some great questions relating to the National Bee Unit here in the UK, When to feed swarms, how to get bees to move into a super when they refuse and which way round to put on a queen excluder.I also discuss colonies that swarm and then return to the hive, when is it too late to start a first year nuc, drone foundation in the supers and much more.The NBU can be found at http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/Sign up to my patreon page for lots of rewards at www.patreon.com/norfolkhoney

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Monthly Apiary Update - June S1:E17 Jun 22, 2018

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June In The Apiary! Extracting Early Season Honey, Swarming and Inspections. Beekeeping Short and Sweet. A podcast for the inquisitive beekeeper with a short attention span, a beekeeper, in fact, just like me! Welcome once again to my weekly podcast and My thanks to those of you listening via the Patreon page I really appreciate your support. If you’re not familiar with Patreon, it’s a support page where you can help me create more content by signing up to one of my reward tiers and in return you gain access to additional content and support from me. These start from as little as one dollar per month. I don’t charge per video or per podcast so I believe with the regular, quality content I’m producing one dollar represents excellent value for money. If you’ve not yet started beekeeping and looking for help and assistance, pop over to my website, www.norfolk-honey.co.uk/getstarted and I’ll do all I can to help out with suggestions and recommendations for you. Again, I’ll leave links to the various websites in this week’s show notes as usual.

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Basic Queen Rearing Part 2 - Two Nucs S1:E16 Jun 15, 2018

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In my second queen rearing podcast I discuss a very simple technique of creating new queens from an existing hive that has thrown up queen cells. I call it the "Two Nucs" method of queen rearing, a method that has been in use by beekeepers for many years and one that can create many new colonies over the course of a season. No complicated equipment is required just a couple of spare nuc boxes. If you would like to get early access to my weekly podcast please check out my support page www.patreon.com/norfolkhoney I use a range of reference material including a few very good books, if you'd like to see the queen rearing books I use, check out my reading list on my website www.norfolk-honey.co.uk/readinglist. Possibly one of the best sources of accurate beekeeping information currently available on the internet is a website managed by Roger Patterson here in the UK, originally set up by a beekeeper called Dave Cushman. www.dave-cushman.net

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Basic Queen Rearing - Part One S1:E15 Jun 08, 2018

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If you're new to beekeeping then the thought of queen rearing might send a shudder through you, well, no worries, if you've lost a swarm, congratulations, you're already raising new queens! In this week's podcast I discuss the basic technique of queen rearing known as the Artificial Swarm. If you would like to get early access to my weekly podcast please check out my support page www.patreon.com/norfolkhoney I use a range of reference material including a few very good books, if you'd like to see the queen rearing books I use check out my reading list on my website www.norfolk-honey.co.uk/readinglist. Possibly one of the best sources of accurate beekeeping information currently available on the internet is a website managed by Roger Patterson here in the UK, originally set up by a beekeeper called Dave Cushman. www.dave-cushman.net

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May Beekeeping Q&A S1:E14 Jun 01, 2018

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Welcome back to my podcast, this week it's my monthly Q&A session. You can submit questions via patreon.com/norfolkhoney. Beekeeping Short and Sweet, a weekly podcast for the inquisitive beekeeper with a short attention span, a beekeeper, in fact, just like me!

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Beekeeping in May S1:E13 May 25, 2018

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Beekeeping Short and Sweet. A podcast for the inquisitive beekeeper with a short attention span, a beekeeper, in fact, just like me! Welcome back to my weekly podcast and this week is our monthly preview of the month ahead, May! If you would like to take a look at my Patreon page please visit www.patreon.com/norfolkhoney. May already, where is this year going and when will the beekeeping season finally get started! I'm hopeful the next week or two will see the weather warming up a little and that means without any doubt some colonies will start swarming! In today's podcast I discuss the long, slow, chilly start to the new season here in the UK, comb change, wax moth and a little about Oil Seed Rape!

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Interview with Daniel Bates from BS Honey S1:E12 May 18, 2018

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Welcome to Beekeeping Short and Sweet - A podcast for the inquisitive beekeeper with a short attention span, a beekeeper, in fact, just like me! In today's podcast I interview Dan Bates from BS Honey, a new beekeeping enterprise with a couple of really nice young chaps at the helm. BS Honey Bees UK was formed by business partners & Bee Farmers Daniel Bates & Tristan Sawczuk in Gloucester, set in the beautiful countryside of the Cotswold's. Since 2011 BS Honey Bees has strived to be the lead producer, distributor & importer of high-quality bees & queens. With hives based around a 15 mile radius of Brockworth, Gloucester. BS Honey Bees have a vast amount of colonies offering a huge variety of flora for the bees to forage on. Daniel & Tristan are childhood friends, working together in commercial Bee Keeping operations down under & in the UK. Both fully DASH accredited (Disease Accreditation Scheme for Honeybees), they began BS Honey Bees as a joint venture only aged 21 with a wealth of knowledge behind them proving that bee keeping is not just something restricted to age. If you would like more information about BS Honey check out their website at www.bshoney.co.uk For anyone interested in joining my growing band of beekeepers on my patreon page check out the details at www.patreon.com/norfolkhoney

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