All Episodes
Beekeeping - Short and Sweet — 401 episodes
Episode 400: Honey Production Colonies
Episode 399: Mind The Gap!
Episode 398: Queen Rearing Questions
Episode 397: Heatwave Beekeeping!
Episode 396: Slowly Drawn Comb
Episode 395: Rain Delays Inspections
Episode 394: Spring Honey Crop
Episode 393 More Swarms and Nectar Flows
Episode 392: Colony Spring Growth
Episode 391: April Showers & Cold Inspections
Episode 390: Spring Stings and Swarms
Episode 389: A Cold March Week
Episode 388: The Excitement of First Inspections
Episode 387: First Spring Inspections
Episode 386: Shook Swarm & Bailey Comb Change
Episode 385: The Demaree or Split Board Method
Episode 384: The Artificial Swarm
Episode 383: Beehive Spring Clean
Episode 382: Nosema 2026
Episode 381: The Honey Room
Episode 380: A Successful Beekeeping Season
Episode 379: Buying a Honeybee Nucleus Colony
Episode 378: Snow Covered Apiaries
Episode 377: My Beekeeping Plans 2026
Episode 376 My Beekeeping Review 2025
Episode 375: Don't Stop Hefting
Episode 374: Pollen Microscopy for Beekeepers
Episode 373: Boiling Frames or Not?
Episode 372: Rescuing a Colony?
Episode 371: Storm Claudia
Episode 370: Honeybee Pests and Diseases - Part 3
Episode 369: Pests and Diseases - Part 3
Episode 368: Pests and Diseases - Part 1
Episode 367: Destruction of a Honeybee Colony
Episode 366: Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus
Episode 365: Treatment Removal and More Microscopy
Episode 364: Apiary Slowdown and Microscopes
Episode 363: Under Supering for Winter
Episode 362: Asian Hornet Discussion
Episode 361: Beekeeping Season Finale
Episode 360: Autumn Feeding
episode 359: H.I.H.M.S. Part 3
358: Starving Bees & H.I.H.M.S. Part 2
Episode 357: Integrated Pest Management Systems
Episode 356: Other Varroa Treatments
Episode 355: Autumn Treatments for Varroa
Episode 354: Wasps and Borage
Episode 353: Bees to Borage 2025
Episode 352: Heatwave!
Episode 351: Thunderstorms!
Episode 350: Beekeepers Need Patience!
Episode 349: Queen Rearing 2025
Episode 348: A Busy Week in the Apiary
Episode 347: Hive Five Multi Guard
Episode 346: Swarm Cells
Episode 345: A Week Of Swarm Management
Episode 344: First Signs of Swarming
Episode 343: Honeybees in Spring
Episode 342: BBKA Spring Convention 2025
Episode 341: On Your Marks, Get Set, GO!
Episode 340: Hivekeepers Micro Honey Harvester
Episode 339: The Queen Cell Finisher Colony
Episode 338: Queen Cell Builder Process
Episode 337: Early Inspections and The Cloake Board
Episode 336: The Miller and Alley Methods of Queen Rearing
Episode 335: Nicot Queen Rearing System
Episode 334: Looking Forward To Spring
Episode 333: February Deadouts
Episode 332: Blue Monday Beekeeping
Episode 331: Happy New Year 2025
Episode 330: Honey Metagenomic DNA (MDA) Testing
Episode 329: Windy Winter Storms
Episode 328: Paul Horton Interview
Episode 327: Asian Hornet Alert Interview
Episode 326 Late Autumn Beekeeping Update
Episode 325: Active Bees, Late Winter Starvation?
Episode 324: Warm October Sunshine
Episode 323: First Frost Autumn 2024
Episode 322: A Dead Colony
Episode 321: A Lucky Escape!
Episode 320: Formic Pro Results
Episode 319: Mid-September Sunshine
Episode 318: The National Uncapper
Episode 317: Deformed Wing Virus
Episode 316: The Honey Room
Episode 315: Moors, Sections and Cut Comb
Episode 314: Coaching Plus Chat
Episode 313: Drone Brood Removal
Episode 312: Heather Moors
Episode 311: Cut Comb and Sections
Episode 310: Summer, What Summer?
Episode 309: A Swarm In July!
Episode 308: Borage Moving Day
Episode 307: A Most Difficult Early Season
Episode 306: Borage and Cut Comb
Episode 305: Introducing New Queens
Episode 304: Unsettled Weather, Unsettled Bees
Episode 303: More Late May Rain
Episode 302 The Shook Swarm Absconded!
Episode 301: Why I Choose Langstroth Hives
Episode 300: Sunshine, Rain and Swarms!
Episode 299: Bailey Comb Change
Episode 298 BBKA Spring Convention 2024
Episode 297: Beginner Beekeeper Chat
Episode 296: Drones, Drones, Drones
Episode 295: A Spring Chill
Episode 294: Busy Bees Cosmetics
Episode 293: Asian Hornet Spring Update
Episode 292: March Beekeeping Update
Episode 291: The Beekeeping Show 2024
Episode 290: Modern Beekeeping
Episode 289 Northumberland Honey
Episode 288: Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives
Episode 287: Merry Christmas 2023
Episode 286: Asian Hornet Chat
Episode 285: Freezing Bees and Spring Plans
Episode 284: The Winter Chill Arrives
Episode 283: Emergency Hive Interventions
Episode 282: Scraping Frames and Muderous Swans!
Episode 281: November Floods
Episode 280: In Conversation with Bees Abroad
Episode 279: CBPV Once Again
Episode 278: The Pumpkin Patch
Episode 277: Hampshire BKA Convention
Episode 276: Honey Press Ups and Downs!
Episode 275: Honey Room Havoc
Episode 274: First Heather Honey Crop
Episode 273: Early Autumn Sunshine
Episode 272: Moving Bees and Truck Troubles
Episode 271: Borage Bonus and More Wasps!
Episode 270: Road Trip to the Heather
Episode 269: Our Honey Room Set Up
Episode 268: The Summer Honey Crop
Episode 267: Wasps, Wasps, Wasps!
Episode 266: Summer Forage Shutdown
Episode 265: Formic Pro Urgent Treatment
Episode 264: Long Hours of Work
Episode 263: Uniting Colonies
Episode 262: Introducing New Queens
Episode 261: Heatwave and Splits
Episode 260: Killing Queens
Episode 259 - Sunny Spring Inspections
Episode 258: More Lucky Beekeeping
Episode 257: Opportunistic Splits
Episode 256: Lighting a Smoker
Episode 255: A Cold, Start-Stop Season
Episode 254: Spring Inspections Begin
Episode 253: Bee Chat with Stephen Barnes From the BBKA
Episode 252: Oilseed Rape Challenges
Episode 251: New Queen Rearing Methods
Episode 250: Can I Inspect My Bees Yet?
Episode 249: Snow, Sun and Patience
Episode 248 - Getting Ready for Spring
Episode 247: Happy Fifth Birthday
Episode 246: Pests and Diseases - Part 2
Episode 245: Pests and Diseases - Part 1
Episode 244: Nosema Checks
Episode 243: Buying a Nucleus Colony of Honeybees
Episode 242: Pick a Hive, Any Hive!
Episode 241: Plans for 2023
Episode 240: Happy New Year 2023
Episode 239: Hard Frosts and Green Woodpeckers
Episode 238: Ekes, Leaks and Fondant!
Episode 237: Cold, Clustered Honeybees
Episode 236: More Cleaning and Sorting
Episode 235: Scorching Boxes
Episode 234: Microscopy Work and New Kit
Episode 233: Removing Varroa Treatments
Episode 232: Beekeepers Veterinary Medicines & Records
Episode 231: Pallet Stands and Acetic Acid
Episode 230: Hefting and The Grain Store
Episode 229: Post Covid Chat
Episode 228: Cooler Autumn Conditions
Episode 227: Winter Preparations
Episode 226: It Rained At Last
Episode 225: Maximum Effort
Episode 224: It's a Sticky Mess!
Episode 223: Barrels of Honey
Episode 222: Bumps in the Road
Episode 221: Wasps!
Episode 220: Melting Beekeepers
Episode 219: Elderflower Mead
Episode 218: Foundation Sheets Versus Drawn Comb
Episode 217: Lucky Swarm and Pollen Traps
Episode 216: Scorching Days and Caged Queens
Episode 215: Summer Pollination Preparations
Episode 214: The June Gap
Episode 213: Queen Introductions
Episode 212: Spring Honey Extraction
Episode 211: The Shook Swarm
Episode 210: Swarms Aplenty!
Episode 209: A Chilly Spring Week
Episode 208: First Swarm of 2022
Episode 207: Scaling Up My Beekeeping
Episode 206: Let The Fun Begin!
Episode 205: Cold Snap, Swarm Risk!
Episode 204: First Inspections 2022
Episode 203: Drones, Huh, What Are They Good For?
Episode 202: Spring Inspections? Not Yet!
Episode 201: What's the Point of a Nuc Box?
Episode 200: How To Profit From Your Season
Episode 199: High Winds and Big Pallets
Episode 198: Big Plans Afoot
Episode 197: Snowdrops, Washing Soda and Toothache!
Episode 196: Timing In Beekeeping Is Everything
Episode 195: Feeding Time
Eppisode 194: Splits Boards and Demaree
Episode 193: Varroa Population Growth Can Be Frightening
Episode 192: Happy New Year!
Episode 191: Merry Christmas Everyone!
Episode 190: Impulse Buys and That Damned Truck!
Episode 189: Planning for 2022
Episode 188: Home Sweet Home
Episode 187: Trailers and Association Struggles
Episode 186: Keep Calm and Plan Early!
Episode 185: First Frosts
Episode 184: Question Time
Episode 183: It's Microscopy Season
Episode 182: The Autumn Clean Up
Episode 181: Fuel Shortages and Beekeeping Incompetence!
Episode 180: Farmers Markets and Treatment Removal
Episode 179: Chilly Mornings and Weekend Markets
Episode 178: Difficult Decisions
Episode 177: Early Autumn Heatwave
Episode 176: Autumn Colony Assessments
Episode 175: Sometimes Beekeeping Goes Wrong!
Episode 174: Late Summer Splits & Apiary Maintenance
Episode 173: Our Honey Extraction Kit
Episode 172: Supers, Varroa and Wasps
Episode 171: Is My Honey Ready?
Episode 170: The End is Nigh!
Episode 169: Prepping Nucs for Autumn
Episode 168: The Top Bar Hive Disaster
Episode 167: Moving Bees, Preventing Disasters!
Episode 166: Borage and The Truck
Episode 165: A Funny Thing Happened
Episode 164: Working Safely in the Apiary
Episode 163: Dripping Nectar and Collecting Pollen
Episode 162: Rain Stops Play
Episode 161: Swarms, Splits, Stings and Things
Episode 160: So It Begins!
Episode 159: It's Still Cold!
Episode 158: Do Pheasants Have Ears?
Episode 157: Disease Inspections
Episode 156: First Tentative Inspections
Episode 155: A Frosty Easter Weekend
Episode 154: A Sunny Day in the Apiary
Episode 153: What's in your Wash Bucket?
Episode 152: First Inspections Ahead
Episode 151: A Wet and Windy March
Episode 150: Nervous Times!
Episode 149: Understanding Aggression in Honeybees
Episode 148: Beekeepers, Sit On Your Hands!
Episode 147: The Icy Blast
Episode 146: February Tasks and Other Stuff
Episode 145: Neonicotinoids in The UK
Episode 144 Nosema Testing Protocol
Episode 143: Planning for 2021
Episode 142: Early Season Queen Rearing
Episode 141: Happy New Year and Winter Feeding Strategy
Episode 140: Starving Bees and a Quick Fix
Episode 139: Clear Coverboards and Top Bar Hive Stuff
Episode 138: New Product Launch and Oxalic Acid Treatments
Episode 137: Dead Colonies and Oxalic Acid Treatment
Episode 136 Waxing Frames and Sloe Gin with Honey
Episode 135: Plans for 2021
Episode 134: My 2020 Season Summary
Episode 133: National Honey SHow and Stuff
Episode 132: Sumps, Pumps, Mead and Zoom
Episode 131: Book Review - Honey by Dr. Eva Crane
Episode 130: Stop Inspecting Your Hives!
Episode 129: Autumnal Checks and Mead
Episode 128: Watching Bees, New Equipment and The Team Grows
Episode 127: Queenless Autumn Colony or Not?
Episode 126: Feeding The Top Bar Hive and Uniting Colonies
Episode 125: Wasps, Flighty Queens and Weak Hives
Episode 124: New Jars and Gary's Hive Make-over
Episode 123: Preparing for Autumn
Episode 122: I'm Melting, I'm Melting!
Episode 121 - New Honey Room Set Up
Episode 120: Collapsing Colony and Gary's Hive
Episode 119: Starving Bees and Shocking Hives
Episode 118: Summer Season Ramblings 2020
Episode 117: Stings and Things
Episode 116: Late Queen Rearing and Lawnmowers
Episode 115: Sneaky and Grumpy Bees
Episode 114: Chilly Blast, Solid Honey and More Truck Troubles
Episode 113: Sunny Days, Egg Laying Workers and Queen Rearing Plans
Episode 112: New Queens and Delayed Extraction
Episode 111: Exciting News and Rising Temperatures
Episode 110: Swarms, Bee Vacs and Cold Weather
Episode 109: Creating Multiple splits and The Virus Strikes Back
Episode 108: Artificial Swarms Part Two
Episode 107 - Artificial Swarms
Episode 106 - Preparing for Swarms
Episode 105 - Early Season Inspections
Episode 104: Let The Season Commence!
Episode 103: Beekeeping and Social Distancing
Episode 102: Keep Feeding
Episode 101: Integrated Pest Management - Spring 2020
Episode 100: Integrated Pest Management
Episode 99: Getting Hives Ready For Spring
Episode 98: The Honey Paw Project begins
Episode 97: Storm Damage and Workshop Elves
Episode 96: Feeding Fondant and Honey Paw Hives
Episode 95 - Cleaning Boxes, a Bee Farmers Meeting and the Dentist!
Episode 94 Interview with Peter Nelson - The Pollinators
Episode 93: January Checks and Early Season Panics
Episode 92 - Happy New Year 2020
Episode 91: The Top Bar Hive Project
Episode 90: The Christmas Wish List 2019
Episode 89: Oxalic Acid Treatments in Winter
Episode 88: Planning for 2020
Episode 87: Our Beekeeping Season 2019
Episode 86: Treatments, Trucks and Trailers
Episode 85: October Questions and Answers
Episode 84: Bad Backs and Brood Box Capacity
Episode 83: Autumn Syrup and Apiary Chat
Episode 82 Syrup for Autumn Feeding
Episode 81: Feeders for Beehives
Episode 80 August Questions and Answers
Episode 79: Microscopes, What3Words and Pizza
Episode 78: Cut Comb Honey, Tarts and Uniting Colonies
Episode 77 - Summer Extraction Time
Episode 76: Thoughts for August
Episode 75: Summer Heatwave and Varroa Treatments
Ben's Swarm Question S2:E28
July's Beekeeping Questions and Answers S2:E27
Another July, Another Beekeeping Jobs List S2:E26
Queen Cells and Wasps S2:E25
The Beekeeping June Gap and Grafting S2:E24
Rain, Queen Rearing and Beekeeping Disasters S2:E23
June Beekeeping Questions and Answers S2:E22
Beekeeping Jobs for June S2:E21
First Spring Honey Extraction S2:E20
Queen Rearing Selection Criteria S2:E19
Beekeeping Questions and Answers May 2019 S2:E18
My Very First Honeybee Swarm S2:E17
Buying a Nucleus Colony Of Honeybees S2:E16
Honeybee Swarm Season is Here! S2:E15
April Beekeeping Q&A S2:E14
First Spring Beekeeping Inspections Get Started S2:E13
The Beekeeping Month Ahead - April S2:E12
Selecting and Using a Beekeepers' Smoker S2:E11
The Beekeeping BeeTradex Show 2019 S2:E10
Monthly Beekeeping Q&A March 2019 S2:E9
Winter Honeybee Losses and How To Rebuild S2:E8
Crazy February Beekeeping Weather S2:E7
My Beekeeping Podcast One Year On S2:E6
Queen Rearing Techniques S2:E5
The Dark Art of Hefting Beehives S2:E4
Oxalic Acid Sublimation S2:E3
The First Beekeeping Inspection of Spring S2:E2
My New Year Beekeeping Plans S2:E1
A Happy Beekeeping Christmas S1:E46
Floors, Christmas Parties and Honey Regulations! S1:E45
Beekeeping Q&A for December S1:E44
Jobs in the Apiary for December S1:E43
Brunel Microscopes Interview with Alan Potter S1:E42
How To Render Beeswax S1:E41
Beekeeping Q&A for November S1:E40
November Jobs, Fat and Thirsty Honeybees! S1:E39
American Foul Brood & European Foul Brood S1:E38
My Winter Oxalic Acid Treatments S1:E37
Monthly Beekeeping Q&A - October S1:E36
Beekeeping Jobs in the Apiary for October S1:E35
Microscopy for Beekeepers S1:E34
Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus Update S1:E33
September Beekeeping Q&A S1:E32
Uniting Weak Honeybee Colonies in September S1:E31
A Rainy Beekeeping Day Out S1:E30
Feeding Honeybees in Autumn S1:E29
Autumn Approaches S1:E28
Beekeeping Q&A for August S1:E27
August in and Around the Apiary S1:E26
Clearing Honey Boxes and Man Flu! S1:E25
Mid Season Beekeeping Update S1:E24
Monthly Q&A - July S1:E23
The Apiary in July S1:E22
Queen Rearing using the Nicot System S1:E21
Summer Varroa Treatment and CBPV S1:E20
Spring Honey Crop and the Dyce Method S1:E19
Monthly Q&A - June S1:E18
Monthly Apiary Update - June S1:E17
Basic Queen Rearing Part 2 - Two Nucs S1:E16
Basic Queen Rearing - Part One S1:E15
May Beekeeping Q&A S1:E14
Beekeeping in May S1:E13
Interview with Daniel Bates from BS Honey S1:E12
Interview with Belinda Bright from BBWear S1:E11
April Beekeeping Q&A S1:E10
Beekeeping in April S1:E9
How to Use Pollen Substitute S1:E8
Monthly Preview: March S1:E7
Q & A March 2018 S1:E6
BIBBA - Abberton Reservoir Interview with Kevin Thorn S1:E5
Interview with Kevin Thorn from BIBBA S1:E4
Nosema - A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Control S1:E3
Oxalic Acid Sublimation Using The ProVap220UK S1:E2
February Round Up S1:E1
Beekeeping Short & Sweet - Introduction S1:E0