By Brian on December 14th, 2011
A short one while I try to get my voice back. We talk about making money from honeybees!
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By Brian on September 22nd, 2011
Fall is here!! Time for beekeeping preps!
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By Brian on August 12th, 2011
An update on the feed ceiling talks, more updates, and an example of how not to keep bees.
(To our international listeners, the bumper music isn’t meant to incite or insult you. It’s meant as a rubuke to the policies of our current leadership that I feel have strayed far from their intended role.)
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By Brian on July 29th, 2011
We extract a honey bee colony from the floor cavity of a second story bedroom.
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By Brian on June 2nd, 2011
I fall behind on beekeeping tasks due to a bout with bronchitis and end up dealing with a swarm. Good times.
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By Brian on April 12th, 2011
Part 1 of 2 where Laura and I go through some long overdue updates, take some great feedback, answer some listener questions and talk at length about buying and owning horses.
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By Brian on April 11th, 2011
Here’s some pics from my weekend spent sweating in a beesuit. Early for swarms, but there sure seem to be more this year than last.

A sizable swarm in a tree
One of my hives threw this swarm on a warm saturday afternoon. I eventually managed to hive it up, but I missed the queen the first time around.

On my second attempt, I managed to locate the queen and put her in a screend box. Knowing they won’t abandon the queen, I left them to their own devices and came back later that night to pick up the cluster. Easy peasy.
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By Brian on March 19th, 2011
A rambling discussion on “duh! #winning! with honey bees” and my honey bee blood, goats, Japan, milking, disbudding, bees, springtime bee stuff, and some info on building swarm traps.
Tiger Blood
Video on Swarming and Swarm Traps
Udderly EZ Milker
Radation Map
Info on doing spring hive splits
Whitepaper on Varroa management in honey bee colonies from NCSU(.PDF)
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By Brian on February 1st, 2011
Dead Bees, swollen goats, and sex-linked chicken breeding.
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By Brian on September 29th, 2010
A wacky two-parter where we take some great feedback and discuss beekeeping on a budget.
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