By Brian on May 25th, 2010
Burning AFB Infected Hives
Join me on my way down to Baxley to pick up some bees. The first in a series of shows where we focus entirely on bees and beekeeping. We go over some interesting breaking developments in beekeeping amd discuss some of the microbial pathogens that our bees have to deal with.
Gardener’s Apiary
Baxley, Georgia
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By Brian on May 13th, 2010
Phoenix Rooster
We take some great feedback. Jams, jellies, marmalades, and preserves, oh my! Farmstead updates. Chicken Incest! And we talk some about some of the fundamental answers to the question ‘why?’
Links
Henderson’s Handy Dandy Chicken Chart
Young Harris Beekeeping Institute
Fresh South Market
Nature’s Harmony Farmcast
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By Brian on April 27th, 2010
Chaugg's Swanky Chicken Tractor
Join us for spring updates, great feedback, possum adventures, raised beds, window boxes, and other small scale farming techniques.
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By Brian on April 19th, 2010
Bee swarm cutout. On this Bubbatube we’ll doing a small honey bee swarn cutout in Peachtree City. If you’re considering doing bee cutouts, do not watch this video as it will make them look easy.
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By Brian on April 12th, 2010
Salvaged Comb
A really disjointed podcast this week as I try to cram in some content between trips to the bee yard. We talk about swarms and how to get geared up to be on the local swarm list or even to do a small cutout.
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By Brian on March 13th, 2010
Garden Harvest
Laura and I take some feedback, pontificate spring preps, talk about gardening, beekeeping, and other springtime activities. Laura would like to apologize for mistakenly referring to the Brandywine Tomato as a “Rutgers”.
Links from the show:
Roy’s Alaskan Homestead Blog
Ison’s Nursery
Murray McMurray Hatchery
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By Brian on March 11th, 2010
A longer look at doing some hive manipulations. In this BubbaTube, we open up a hive with all intention of swapping brood supers, but get a surprise in the process. We also replace some hardware that has come to the end of its life.
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By Brian on March 7th, 2010
Today I’ll be swapping around supers at the Brooks and Woolsey beeyards. This is a swarming control technique that supposedly keeps the colony from feeling crowded. The idea is that bees constantly move up in the colony through the winter as they consumes their winter stores. By the spring, the bottom of the colony is basically empty. By swapping the top and the bottom supers, we open up another super of space above for the colony to move into.
I’ll also be putting honey supers on these hives. It takes a while for the bees to “get” that their hive has changed sizes and move up into the super. We’ve already got a light nectar flow going, which will quickly pick up in the next few weeks, so I want them up in there drawing comb ahead of the game.
My supers have top entrances too. I’m a big fan of top entrances for two reasons. They provide additional ventilation, but the air isn’t pulled up directly through the broodnest, and it gives the foragers a direct route to the honey stores – meaning they don’t have to walk all the way up the inside of the colony to get where they’re going.
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By Brian on February 23rd, 2010
For those of you that always wanted an observation hive but for whatever reason couldn’t make it work out, I give you Drapers Bee Cam. It’s a live cam of a bee hive just like it sounds.
http://www.draperbee.com/webcam/beecam.htm
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By Brian on February 22nd, 2010
Honey Harvest
This one goes out to our beekeeping friends. A full hour on springtime beekeeping practices and even a small taste of swarm management.
Links
Alaska Urban Farmstead
Increase Essentials by Dr. Larry Connor
Northern Kentucky Beekeeper
Beekeeper Linda’s Excellent Blog
Gardener Apiaries
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