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Beekeeping at FiveApple

Leigh Wilkerson

Talk, tips & how-to on sustainable beekeeping from the North Carolina mountains of Southern Appalachia.

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163 episodes

  1. Ep169 Deep Dive on Dr. Scott Debnam's presentation on Overwintering 36:40
  2. Ep168 Scent Communications 26:47
  3. Ep167 Autumn Says Get Ready 38:54
  4. Ep166 Warmer autumns are good for bees right? Turns out, not really. 36:05
  5. Ep165: Bee Radio Reader "Reflections on the Past Seasons" 23:56
  6. updated Ep164 After 16 years, a shift for me 29:17
  7. Ep164 After 16 years, a shift for me 28:35
  8. Ep163 Robbing prevention (and a tip I love!) 25:52
  9. Ep162 July Ramble–thoughts in the heat, fun letter, invitation for you 31:23
  10. Ep161 Making sense of the assays—with Ang Roell of They Keep Bees 43:52
  11. Ep160 Honey Harvesting Process 44:18
  12. Ep159 Queen Introduction: Tips to get that caged mated queen accepted 35:54
  13. Ep158 Ryan Williamson of Sourwood Farm (Virginia) Interview 1:07:24
  14. Ep157 More Springtime Tips: Keeping bees in the boxes, avoid the honey dome, get more comb drawn, know if your hive is queenright or queenless. 34:48
  15. Ep156 Spring in the 🐝 bees! 40:25
  16. Ep155 Tina Sebestyen Interview: Miller Method & More 54:46
  17. Ep154 Swarm prevention & tips from Greg Rogers 44:33
  18. Ep153 Interview with James Lee of SBGMI 46:39
  19. Ep 152: Knowing Bee Biology Makes Better Beekeepers 57:33
  20. Ep 151 If you lost bees this winter: figuring it out and going forward 42:07
  21. Ep 150: Lifecycle of the Bees (and the beekeeper) for Newbees 41:59
  22. Ep 149: Starting with a Nucleus Colony, for Newbees 49:15
  23. Ep 148 January for the Beekeeper 42:40
  24. Ep 147: Gifts of the bees and the beekeepers 39:49
  25. Ep 146: Radio Reader: The Bees Winter Nest 20:30
  26. Ep145 Organic? Treatment-Free? Chemical-Free? Natural Beekeeping Terms Explained in this great article 38:27
  27. Ep 144 November surprise in the bee yard :-( 41:52
  28. Ep 143: Tips for Winter Prep 46:29
  29. Ep 142 Bee Amazement: the discoveries of Karl von Frisch 44:30
  30. Ep 141 Bees & Big Ag from Michael Palmer's view 54:01
  31. Ep 140 Vitamin C for bees?? 49:29
  32. Ep 139 Pollen! A deeper dive 36:39
  33. Ep 138: The Bear Story & BONUS audio bookmark for Patrons 23:52
  34. Ep 137 August Tips 31:36
  35. Ep 136 Post-conference ramble 39:06
  36. Ep 135 Bee Radio Reader: Division of Labor in a Colony, part 2 (ABJ March 2024) 31:36
  37. Ep 134 Bee Radio Reader: Division of Labor in a Colony, part 1 (ABJ March 2024) 25:44
  38. Ep 133 Queen Excluders: the good the bad etc 44:54
  39. Ep 132: Keeping Records & Letter about Layens Hives 42:11
  40. Ep. 131 The best for last: Reverse Doolittle Split (and Split Dynamics review) 50:57
  41. Ep 130: Spring Nuc Split, Quiet Box, Doolittle Box 37:13
  42. Ep 129: Swarm prevention tips 44:43
  43. Ep 128 10-Frame vs 8-Frame...and/or all mediums 41:20
  44. Ep 127 Rescued by Bee Friends! 32:23
  45. Ep126 Propolis! 36:13
  46. Ep 125 Starting with packages 49:03
  47. Ep 124 Better (than caging) Brood Breaks 37:37
  48. Ep 123 Welcome to 2025! 38:31
  49. Ep 122: New Insulation Setup and The "Condensing Hive" 48:56
  50. Late Fall...and Large NC disaster (Ep 121) 1:23:56