Random Honey Podcasts

The podcast for the latest beekeeping news, information and entertainment for today’s beekeeper. Hosts Jeff Ott and Kim Flottum bring you interviews and commentary helping you become a more informed and knowledgeable beekeeper.

[Tom Theobald]In this episode, we welcome back Colorado beekeeper, Tom Theobald. Tom had a small commercial operation in Colorado in the late 70’s, running up to 200 or so colonies when he first started using two queen colonies. The biology of running two queens in a colony does make sense if you use the technique Tom perfected, but the better you get, the more lifting you are going to do. His finished production hives had three deeps for brood production and seven mediums for honey storage. At the time, an average to strong colony in his part of Colorado would make about 70 pounds of honey in a season, Tom’s two queen colonies averaged between 240 and 270 pounds!

The advantages, beside huge honey crops, were that these colonies started with last year’s queen, and a new, second queen was added in early spring. When the season was over, the new queen almost always prevailed, thus starting the next season with a proven queen. Plus, with a foraging population as large as these colonies produced, there was a vast store house of pollen the next spring for that season’s buildup.

Two-queen honey production is becoming a lost art as it takes a lot of work, timing and an understanding of your area’s nectar flows. However, the payoff is big! If you have bees in a location with lots of forage and not too much varroa or pesticide pressure, this approach may work for you.

Tom and we would like to know if you or a beekeeper you know uses the two-queen approach. Let us know on our website!

Links and websites mentioned in this podcast:

– Our First Season Interview with Tom about Neonicotinoids: https://beekeepingtodaypodcast.com/tom-theobold-the-problem-with-neonics
– Honey Bee Obscura Podcast with Kim & Jim: http://honeybeeobscura.com

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Thanks to Strong Microbials for their support of Beekeeping Today Podcast. Find out more about heir line of probiotics in our Season 3, Episode 12 episode and from their website: https://www.strongmicrobials.com

This episode is brought to you by Global Patties! Global Patties is a family business that manufactures protein supplement patties for honey bees. Feeding your hives protein supplement patties will help ensure that they produce strong and health colonies by increasing brood production and overall honey flow. Global offers a variety of standard patties, as well as custom patties to meet your specific needs. Visit them today at http://globalpatties.com and let them know you appreciate them sponsoring this episode!

We want to also thank 2 Million Blossoms as a sponsor of the podcast. 2 Million Blossoms is a quarterly magazine destined for[2 Million Blossoms] your coffee table. Each page of the magazine is dedicated to the stories and photos of all pollinators and written by leading researchers, photographers and our very own, Kim Flottum.

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We hope you enjoy this podcast and welcome your questions and comments: questions@beekeepingtodaypodcast.com

Thanks to Bee Culture, the Magazine of American Beekeeping, for their support of The Beekeeping Today Podcast. Available in print and digital at www.beeculture.com

Thank you for listening!

Podcast music: Young Presidents, “Be Strong”, Musicalman, “Epilogue”

Categories: Education, Leisure, Science

Tags: apiary, beeculture, beekeeper, Beekeeping, bees, beeswax, entomology, honey, honeybees, insects, jeffott, kimflottum, pollen, pollination

Patti Haines will take you on a journey into the world of bees and beekeeping. From spiritual conversations inspired by bees to Do-It-Yourself guides on becoming a bee steward. Honey Bee My Teacher is all the buzzzzz.

Categories: Education

Tags: Beekeeping, bees, Do, hive, honey, honeybee, how, instructions, IT, Philosophy, pollinator, spirituality, Steward, to, Yourself

Gosnells have started their very own podcast which focuses on mead, honey, yeast, fermentation and the drinks industry.

We will be speaking with some of the biggest meaderies, beekeepers, mead fans and honey aficionados from around the world about a whole host of mead related topics, from how they got started, what honey they use and what they think about the future of the industry.

The Gosnells team will be going to detail about honey and how it can create such incredible flavours and why.

Lastly, The Mead Podcast will cover home brewing and how to get started off with a mead brew at home.

How exciting!

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Categories: Arts, Education, Leisure

Tags: Beer, brewing, craft, craftdrinks, craftmead, Drinks Industry, food & drink, Gosnells, Homebrew, honey, honeywine, London, Mead, wine

My name is HoneyLove. I am here to invite you to follow me on a journey as I take you through the streets of my city Tulsa, OK. We’ll discuss everything from culture to music to business. I decided to do Honey Love’s Thoughts to talk about what it’s like growing up in Tulsa from Greenwood to Turley to Utica Square to the West. I want to describe what it’s like growing up in an African American environment with a magnitude of cultural dignity. HLT is an exposeˊ of everything that lives in my heart. From my deep roots cemented in everything Tulsa, to my challenging childhood and my career. In the same way any other artists express themselves; I do so here with my words in the form of short stories, poems, interviews and much, much more.

Categories: Arts, Music, TV & Film

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Say hello to Rebecca and Michelle. Two wild and crazy beekeepers from Texas as they share their thoughts and experiences from the bee yard. What happens when they disagree? Well….you’ve got to listen to find out! There’s never a dull moment, and lessons are always around the corner as they break beekeeping down and make it fun. Double the experience, double the opinions, and double the fun.

Categories: Education, Leisure

Tags: beeks, bees, beginner beekeeping, hobbyist, honey, honeybees, master beekeeping, native bees, natural beekeeping, pollinators, treatment free beekeeping