Beekeeping at FiveApple
By Leigh Wilkerson
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Episodes: 149
Mar 22, 2019
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Talk, tips & how-to on sustainable beekeeping from the North Carolina mountains of Southern Appalachia.
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Ep156 Spring in the 🐝 bees!
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Ep155 Tina Sebestyen Interview: Miller Method & More
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Ep154 Swarm prevention & tips from Greg Rogers
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Ep153 Interview with James Lee of SBGMI
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Ep 152: Knowing Bee Biology Makes Better Beekeepers
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Ep 151 If you lost bees this winter: figuring it out and going forward
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Ep 150: Lifecycle of the Bees (and the beekeeper) for Newbees
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Ep 149: Starting with a Nucleus Colony, for Newbees
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Ep 148 January for the Beekeeper
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Ep 147: Gifts of the bees and the beekeepers
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Ep 146: Radio Reader: The Bees Winter Nest
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Ep145 Organic? Treatment-Free? Chemical-Free? Natural Beekeeping Terms Explained in this great article
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Ep 144 November surprise in the bee yard :-(
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Ep 143: Tips for Winter Prep
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Ep 142 Bee Amazement: the discoveries of Karl von Frisch
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Ep 141 Bees & Big Ag from Michael Palmer's view
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Ep 140 Vitamin C for bees??
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Ep 139 Pollen! A deeper dive
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Ep 138: The Bear Story & BONUS audio bookmark for Patrons
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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Ep 137 August Tips
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Ep 136 Post-conference ramble
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Ep 135 Bee Radio Reader: Division of Labor in a Colony, part 2 (ABJ March 2024)
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Ep 134 Bee Radio Reader: Division of Labor in a Colony, part 1 (ABJ March 2024)
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Ep 133 Queen Excluders: the good the bad etc
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May 24, 2025 |
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Ep 132: Keeping Records & Letter about Layens Hives
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May 08, 2025 |
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Ep. 131 The best for last: Reverse Doolittle Split (and Split Dynamics review)
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Ep 130: Spring Nuc Split, Quiet Box, Doolittle Box
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Ep 129: Swarm prevention tips
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Ep 128 10-Frame vs 8-Frame...and/or all mediums
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Ep 127 Rescued by Bee Friends!
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Ep126 Propolis!
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Ep 125 Starting with packages
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Ep 124 Better (than caging) Brood Breaks
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Ep 123 Welcome to 2025!
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Ep 122: New Insulation Setup and The "Condensing Hive"
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Late Fall...and Large NC disaster (Ep 121)
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Fall prep list (120)
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Loads of info! Part 2 Troy Hall of Hall Apiaries (119)
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Troy Hall of Hall Apiaries Interview part 1, Ep 118
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Tips for keeping bees cool, Solstice Queens, Split Comparisons & Patron bonus bookmark (117)
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Reverse Doolittle Split - TS's method (117)
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May 27, 2024 |
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Runaway Splits (Episode 116)
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May 03, 2024 |
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Ep 115 - Early March
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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What? But, why?? Thoughts on a podcast (Bookmark)
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Welcome to 2024 Beekeepers! Episode 113
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Episode 112: Year’s End Reflections
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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Episode 111: New ways to monitor mites? Research project from Zac Lamas (and random bee chat)
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Ep 110: Begin Again! Late Fall 2023
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Ep 109 Specialty Splits: Part 1
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May 17, 2023 |
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108: Bee Radio Reader: Bait Hives
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Ep 107: Coming out of Winter and HELLO AGAIN!
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Black Jar Results and How-To; Weird goings on at the Farm; Part 1 about Optera (105)
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Episode 104: The leaves are turning!
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Bee Radio Reader: Combining Hives Early for Fall (103)
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Summertime and the living is....hot! (102)
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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I’m Back! Lots to tell you about: Split results, combines, laying worker help (101)
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Episode 100! Double Screen Board Love
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Thinking about Splits (99)
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Compilation on The Nucleus Split Method (98)
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Bookmark for Bonus episode (97) for Patrons: Thoughts on the Interview
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Ang Roell Interview Part 2 (96)
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Ang Roell on Queen Research Results, Part 1 (95)
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Welcome to Bee Season 2022! (94)
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Book Review: The Rose Hive Method by Tim Rowe (93)
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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More experiments in overwintering (92)
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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On Fall Feeding (91)
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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Taking Stock of the Season (90)
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Bee Radio Reader: More on Winter Prep (89)
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Bee Radio Reader: Winter Bees! (88)
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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Bears and Bees don't mix... (87)
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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I'm in love with the Layens hive...
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May 25, 2021 |
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Making Nucleus Splits (85)
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May 05, 2021 |
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Hive Record Keeping Ramble (84)
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Early Spring Inspections, encore (83)
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Bee Season 2021 Begins!! (82)
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Update from Leigh.... (Ep 81, but not really)
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Reading: The Toolbox! (80)
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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December Notes; Book Review bookmark (79)
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Late November Catch Up (78)
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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Plant Trees! Interview with Jimmy Gatt (77)
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Breaking down Summer Dearth Effects and a short reading (76)
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Oct 24, 2020 |
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In Memory, Updates, Part II Winter prep (75)
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Oct 10, 2020 |
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Bonus Podcast Bookmark AND a feeding tip: Wisdom from 40+ Year with Irish Bees (74)
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Winter Prep 1: Start with Stores (73)
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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Late Summer: Random Thoughts & Robbing (72)
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Interview: Ang Roell of They Keep Bees (71)
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Aug 09, 2020 |
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Late Summer (70)
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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On Learning from Mistakes (69)
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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Honey Stuff Part II, Bears, Goings On (68)
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Jun 21, 2020 |
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Getting Honey Part 1 (67)
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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Bookmark: Bonus episode for patrons is up! On The Nucleus Method (66)
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Apiary update & After a hive swarms (65)
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May 27, 2020 |
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Bookmark: Bonus Audio on Inspections up on Patreon (64)
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May 10, 2020 |
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Readings: On Drawing Hive Inspections (63)
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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On Splits, Part Three; Some Q & A (62)
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Apr 19, 2020 |
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On Splits, Part two: THE CUT DOWN! (61)
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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On Splits, Part One (60)
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Interview with Lewis Cauble (59)
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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Late winter in the bee yard (58)
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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Interview with Queen Breeder Cory Stevens (57)
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Feb 22, 2020 |
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Journeyman Test Review Segment A (56)
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Feb 16, 2020 |
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Bee-School Radio Part 4: Seasons & Cycles (55)
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Feb 09, 2020 |
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Listener Mail & Upcoming Episodes (54)
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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Interview: Tina Sebestyen of Colorado (53)
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Jan 25, 2020 |
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Bee-School Radio Part 3: Equipment. Plus Honey Giveaway & more (52)
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Jan 19, 2020 |
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Bee-School Radio Part 2: The Colony (51)
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Jan 11, 2020 |
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Readings: Post at The Apiarist (50)
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Jan 05, 2020 |
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Bee-School Radio Part 1: Do you have what it takes? (49)
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Jan 04, 2020 |
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Closing out 2019 plus encouragement: Don't Give Up! (48)
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Dec 29, 2019 |
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Interview: Bryan Fisher (47)
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Dec 21, 2019 |
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Readings: On Replacing Old Comb (46)
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Dec 14, 2019 |
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From the listeners: Gratitudes on Beekeeping (45)
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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How to slyly bring up BEES at Thanksgiving! (44)
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Nov 24, 2019 |
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The Bee Barn! (43)
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Interview: Dr Meghan Milbrath (42)
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Nov 10, 2019 |
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Dear Queen Stubby and the Observation hive (41)
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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Listener questions; Sugar Brick Recipes (40)
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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First Interview! Mark Smith of Flatwoods Bee Farm (39)
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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More Winter Prep: Reading on Insulation and Ventilation (38)
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Oct 13, 2019 |
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WINTER PREP: The high-speed Overview (37)
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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Book Review Part 2 - Selected Reading (36)
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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Book Review: Keeping Bees Alive by Lawrence John Conner ( 35 )
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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About this current rabbit hole (34)
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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Feed them if they need it (and maybe for other reasons) (33)
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Sep 08, 2019 |
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Test results, Winter Prep part A (032)
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Aug 25, 2019 |
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After the NCSBA conference, testing, gut microbes... (031)
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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Reading: Activities and Behavior of Honey Bees (030)
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Aug 04, 2019 |
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Avoiding hive robbers of the bee and human kind (029)
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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EFB recovery; Late Summer is critical to overwintering, more. (028)
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Jul 21, 2019 |
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Listener Mail: Top bars, hives without queens, swarm cells to nucs (027)
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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Summer bee plants, selected reading 2/2, Caron/Connor (026)
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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Summer bee plants, selected reading 1, Caron/Connor (025)
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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How Many?!?! Adventures with virgin queens (024)
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Jun 29, 2019 |
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European Foulbrood (023)
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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Bee Health Guru App, Moving Bees, more (022)
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Jun 08, 2019 |
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Bee yard updates, Summer Splits (021)
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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Article by Tom Seeley: Darwinian Beekeeping (020)
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May 29, 2019 |
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Making a Nuc to sell, Problems with Packages & More (019)
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May 28, 2019 |
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Managing Mites Part II (018)
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May 19, 2019 |
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Managing mites Part 1 (016-17)
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May 12, 2019 |
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Bonus: Reading from “Requeening” by Larry Connor (015)
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May 05, 2019 |
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My hive is queenless, what now? (014)
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May 04, 2019 |
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Listener Questions, Bee Ramblings (013)
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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Queen Rearing Using a Cloake Board (Sue Cobey’s article) (012)
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Apr 20, 2019 |
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Simple ‘Frame-Based’ Queen Rearing, Part 2 (011)
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Apr 14, 2019 |
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Queen Rearing Basics Part 1 (010)
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Apr 13, 2019 |
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Listener Mail / Random Q & A / Apiary Update 4/1/19 (007)
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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Few things I wish I'd known years ago (006)
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Mar 31, 2019 |
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Welcome! First Podcast Episode /February 2019 ( 1 )
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Feb 21, 2019 |