Honey Bee Obscura Podcast

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Protective Gear (007) Feb 04, 2021

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What beekeepers choose to wear for protection is determined by many factors. Kim and Jim explore several of the most influential choices today when talking about Protective Gear.

Choices are mostly determined by what you have and what you will be doing during any particular visit. Or is it? Do you need to wear the same gear for a quick inspection as you do for moving hives? What about gloves? What kind of veil? There are so many different types to choose from. The catalogs are full of things to look at, dream about and order!

Of course, as you learn more, you'll want more. That's what Christmas and birthdays are all about.

Listen to Kim and Jim talk about their experiences with protective gear and you may save some money and look good at the same time!

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Honey Bee Obscura is brought to you by Growing Planet Media, LLC, the home of Beekeeping Today Podcast.

Music: Heart & Soul by Gyom

Honey Bee Obscura is an audio production of Growing Planet Media, LLC

The Good Things About Beekeeping (006) Jan 28, 2021

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Kim and Jim trade notes of the things about bees and beekeeping that are fun, enjoyable, educational and generous. It's about honey, gardens, a spring day, being an expert, capturing swarms and the things that work well when you work hard.

The pluses outweigh the minuses, every time.

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Honey Bee Obscura is brought to you by Growing Planet Media, LLC, the home of Beekeeping Today Podcast.

Music: Heart & Soul by Gyom

Honey Bee Obscura is an audio production of Growing Planet Media, LLC

Bee Equipment We Use (005) Jan 21, 2021

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When you look at a hive, you will see many different variations in hive equipment, components, tools and things to "make the beekeeper's job easier". So, what kind of equipment do you use?

In this episode, Kim and Jim talk about covers and the rocks we put on them, inner covers, queen excluders, slatted racks and all kinds of bottom boards. It's amazing how much stuff beekeepers use.

Listen today!

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Honey Bee Obscura is brought to you by Growing Planet Media, LLC, the home of Beekeeping Today Podcast.

Music: Heart & Soul by Gyom

Honey Bee Obscura is an audio production of Growing Planet Media, LLC

Mid-Winter Inspections (004) Jan 14, 2021

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Checking your colonies on a cold, snowy, winter day isn't something you probably want to do, but colonies in our care need to be looked after – no matter the season. How and what you can and cannot check depend on where your bees are. A cold and blustery northeast Ohio is where Kim and Jim are today, but what about warmer places, like far southern Alabama, where Jim used to live?

Kim and Jim explore what a beekeeper should be looking after and what to do when something is amiss, such as:

Missing hive tops
Plugged entrances
Do they buzz when you come aknocking?
What about "hefting" or "tipping" to determine stores?
Can you open them in the Winter?

Kim and Jim explore all these questions this time. Sit back and listen in on this short, informative discussion on checking your bees in mid-winter, no matter where your bees are sitting out the winter!

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Honey Bee Obscura is brought to you by Growing Planet Media, LLC, the home of Beekeeping Today Podcast.

Music: Heart & Soul by Gyom

Honey Bee Obscura is an audio production of Growing Planet Media, LLC

Off Season Storage and Chores (003) Jan 10, 2021

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Once you look at it, managing your space is probably the biggest challenge most beekeepers have. You have more bee equipment inside in the winter than the summer. What do you do with all of it? And once processing honey gets started, and done… what do you do with it all? Figure this out and keeping bees gets a lot less challenging.

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Honey Bee Obscura is brought to you by Growing Planet Media, LLC, the home of Beekeeping Today Podcast.

Music: Heart & Soul by Gyom

Emergency Winter Feeding (002) Jan 10, 2021

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Of course, it's best to leave enough food on going into winter so the bees don't get stressed or starve, but sometimes that isn't in the equation. You take too much honey or they simply didn't make enough during the summer. Then what? Several possibilities – fondant can work, sometimes or simply putting dry sugar on the inner cover or sugar blocks or what's probably best, sharing honey from colonies that have more than enough with those that don't.

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Honey Bee Obscura is brought to you by Growing Planet Media, LLC, the home of Beekeeping Today Podcast.

Music: Heart & Soul by Gyom

Honey Bee Obscura - An Introduction (001) Jan 10, 2021

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Honey Bee Obscura is a brand new podcast focusing solely on honey bees and honey bee management. In fact... all things honey bees. Join each week as former Bee Culture editor and current cohost of Beekeeping Today Podcast, Kim Flottum and long time Bee Culture contributor and former OSU Extension Specialist, Dr. Jim Tew meet to explore and discuss important topics important to beekeepers everywhere in short, concise episodes.

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Honey Bee Obscura is brought to you by Growing Planet Media, LLC, the home of Beekeeping Today Podcast.

Music: Heart & Soul by Gyom

Welcome To Honey Bee Obscura Jan 03, 2021

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Welcome to Honey Bee Obscura Podcast with Kim Flottum and Jim Tew!

Please check back regularly as we are working to release podcasts very soon. As soon as we do, currently expected on January 14, you will be able to download and listen here or soon thereafter on Apple Podcast or wherever you download or stream your shows!

Stay tuned!

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