Dave and Jon and both certified master beekeepers. They are from Illinois and Arkansas respectively, so the show offers the perspective of both southern and northern American beekeeping. This podcast is recorded live and the audience is welcome to log in online or phone in with questions.
To get a sense of the style and format have a listen to episode six where they discuss mite management:
In this video Michael Palmer speaks to the Prince Williams Regional Beekeepers' Association about his practice of overwintering nucs to make up for loses as opposed to buying new colonies.
In part one he covers the benefits of of overwintering nucs, choosing which colonies to use to make your nucs, how to create the nucs.
In part two he looks at some of the unique management practices to this system and some of the equipment options.
New Jersey based beekeeper Kevin Inglin puts out shows that go into detail on different managment techniques, provides updates on what's going on in his own apiary, and other pertinent bee news.
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Documentary looking at migratory beekeeping in the USA from the california almond mega-monocultures and beyond.
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As Ontatio's provincial apiarist reported the numbers of hives moving from Ontario to the blueberries ~1000+km away has more than doubled in the last few years, the issues experienced by our southern neighbours are certainly worth contemplating up here in Canada (and in the nut aisle of bulk food stores everywhere).
This Dutch film implicates pesticides as playing a significant role in the high bee mortality in the Netherlands and questions why the issue hasn't been taken seriously.
The film contrasts interviews with French scientist Prof. Jean-Marc Bonmatin who's research has led to pesticide bans in France against interviews with Dr. T. Blacquiere, the principal adviser to the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture who appears to have strong financial connections to Bayer, a pesticide producer.
Informative podcast produced by Craig in Southern Maryland with a focus on sustainable practices. To date he has already interviewed a number of notable beekeepers such as the backwards beekeeper, Phil Chandler, Ross Conrad and a bunch of others.
In his last episode of 2012 Craig the host revisited different aspects of his approach, his recommendations for beginners and how his ideas have evolved over the years.
Definitely worth going through the whole episode library.
Michael Bush asking us to think of a hive not just a colony of bees but as an entire ecological sytem with many differnt micro-organisims.
He also touches on the issue of keeping resiliant bees and mites adapting to chemical treatments.
Short straightforward documentary looking at the effects of pesticides on bees.
Some stunning cinematography in the PBS documentary that follows the life of a hive through the season. It's a great way to pick up some of the basics on bees, but even if you're already familiar with the information coverd the video is of interest for all the stunning close-ups, including scenes of the mating flight of the queen.
There is also an interesting 'making of' article that explains how these images were captured.
Phil does a bit of talking but it quickly changes from a speech to an interesting open discussion.
Topics touched include: comb size/space, normal colony drone levels, varroa preditors,