The Treatment-Free Beekeeping Podcast: Recent Episodes
Solomon Parker
Nick is an organic farmer with over a hundred colonies. Join us for this wide ranging interview.
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Matt Arthur has had some interesting adventures in beekeeping, including some work in Benin. He currently lives in Missouri.
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Anthony stops by for a wide ranging chat about bees. We had a lot of fun. He has also visited my apiary.
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I've know Mark for a number of years. He is an extremely knowledgeable and well rounded beekeeper. Join us for a very in depth conversation.
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All the Treatment-Free Beekeepers Group moderators sit down for a chat during the pandemic. Many subjects covered. A good time was had by all.
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Josh is preparing to become a new beekeeper by making swarm traps and connecting with his community. And he likes haiku too.
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Gene is a North Georgia beekeeper who has come to some great beekeeping philosophies that are helpful for changing the face of beekeeping and he also uses Layens hives.
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Marcel is a college student focusing on crop science and pesticides. He has some interesting experiences and views on keeping bees treatment-free.
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Bruce is one of the must unapologetic treatment-free beekeepers and swarm catchers you'll find.
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Lots of science and some great methods and stories in this one folks.
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Even though Jack is a relatively new beekeeper, he has beekeeping experiences most beekeepers will never have, including filming a beekeeping documentary in Cuba.
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For years I've been told that keeping bees sustainably in Alaska was impossible. I was delighted to find out that like much conventional wisdom, lots of people have believed it but it was never true.
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Join one of the TFB admins and schoolteacher Michael and me as we talk about his beekeeping experience in England.
Iain Glass is doing some impressive things with the local beekeeping community in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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In a truly horizon expanding episode, Aerial Gilbert and Christine Kurtz tell us what we can can add to our own beekeeping skills by learning from a blind beekeeper.
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Angela Röell rears queens in Florida from hives she raises in Massachusetts. She has a great story and leads a very interesting life.
https://angelaroell.com/
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Famous beekeeper (wink) Sam Comfort and Ray Redbud talk about the ins and outs of beekeeping at Anarchy Apiaries.
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I'm answering a question from the Facebook group about how to transfer a swarm caught in a swarm trap to a new hive.
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What can we do now to prepare for losses later this summer and next winter?
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Jacob Wustner is a rare breed. He is a born and bred commercial beekeeper who has been working at making the transition to treatment-free beekeeping. At times his story is heart breaking, but his experience offers valuable information and a way forward away from conventional commercial beekeeping.
Before listening, please watch Jacob's talk here: https://youtu.be/zPn-uUmbZwY If you'd rather see the video, watch here: https://youtu.be/u_H7fGqR4ec
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Dr. Robyn Underwood is doing a research project testing the differences between conventional beekeeping, IPM, and Treatment-Free Beekeeping methods. In this episode, I talk about some of the background behind the project.
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In this episode, GregV from the forum talks about his experiences with Layens hives.
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This is the first in a series I'm calling Vignettes. They're short editorials or tutorials or recaps sent in by listeners and posted to the feed.
If you'd like to send in a vignette for consideration, upload it to SoundCloud and tell me where it is.
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Listen to Aaron Brink who in three years has built all the way up to a sideliner scale beekeeping operation, and all treatment-free.
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Tracey Smith talks about the present and history of beekeeping in the Canadian Prairies with massive honey flows and long cold winters.
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Prepare to learn the ins and outs of a sideline queen rearing operation with Cory Stevens.
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For the last episode of the year, and also the 60th episode, I'm speaking with Jarod Proffitt from the North Coast of California. We talk about his cool coastal climate and the special issues there.
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After many requests and at long last, Les Crowder, the topbar hive guru. Enjoy!
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This time around, I'm talking with Rob Keller about his beekeeping operation in wine country, California.
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In this episode I'm talking to Trevor Smith and he's telling me about his permaculture projects and how he has worked bees into his homestead.
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In this episode, I talk to Ethan Hogan about overwintering nucs in Wisconsin and some other beekeeping stuff.
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This is a talk I gave to the Gold Beach Beekeeping Club in Gold Beach Oregon a couple weeks ago.
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In this episode I answer another batch of questions from the patrons and Facebook group.
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In this episode, I talk to Mike Mahar about mentoring and a few other fun things.
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Today, I talk to Tony Trojas about expansion methods and queen rearing.
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Peter Brezny was with me for this episode for all sorts of topics, but I felt the best topic was genetics and varroa.
Sorry, I don't have the links, I lost my notes for this episode, but I think you can find the documents if you listen.
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For this episode, I went to Ruby's ranch and interviewed her in her kitchen. We talked about all sorts of stuff.
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Today I'm talking with Marshall Dudley and Joe Bessetti who, like me, are small cell beekeepers. We peruse the theory and practice of small cell beekeeping.
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In this episode, I talk to Dr. John Kefuss, the original Bond Method Beekeeper, about the history of treatments, not having enough mites, and mite black holes.
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In this episode, I talk with Mark Fletter about expansion plans for this year.
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Roger is back from Episode 30. Let's catch up and see what he's bee doing since last year.
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For this episode, I talked to Susan Chernak McElroy about her experiences with bees, building skeps, and her upcoming book.
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This episode, I talk to Heidi Herrmann of The Natural Beekeeping Trust.
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Today, I talk to Jacqueline Freeman, author of Song of Increase, about her book and beekeeping philosophies.
Spiritbee.com
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In this episode, I talk to Chris Blank from Ohio about his first year of beekeeping and about how he makes his own woodenware.
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In this episode, I answer questions collected from hostile sources, from the internet, and some you might hear at your local beekeeping group.
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Another question and answer episode!
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This episode is an encore presentation of a talk I gave at the Clark County Beekeeper's Association in Southern Washington. It is about the reasons for and benefits of Treatment-Free Beekeeping, specifically allowing colonies to die that cannot survive on their own.
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This is a presentation I gave at the Humboldt County Beekeepers Association May 6, 2016. The subject is Expansion Model Beekeeping.
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In this episode, I talk with Dr. Leo Sharashkin who keeps an interesting type of hive called the Layens Hive.
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In this episode, I talk with Chris Verkerk and we discuss some things an aspiring beekeeper needs to know.
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On this episode, Jason Bruns talks about how to catch swarms and shares a lot of dollars worth of wisdom on how to be successful at it.
Show notes:
Swarm Traps and Bait Hives by McCartney Taylor Permaculture: A Designer's Manual by Bill Mollison Permaculture Voices Podcast LetMBee Blog by Jason Bruns
In this episode, walk you through a beekeeping catalog and talk about what is worth buying and what isn't.
In this episode, I talk with another commercial beekeeper, long time treatment-free beekeeper, and non-internet personality, Kirk Webster, of the Champlain Valley in Vermont. He talks about many aspects of his methods and operation.
In this episode I speak with the first of several in a series of treatment-free commercial beekeepers, Troy Hall of Hall Apiaries.
Ed is new to beekeeping and has a lot of really good questions. Listen along and maybe he has some of the same ones you do.
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In this episode, I talk to Charles Sibbald who lives near London and has some interesting musings on polystyrene hives.
Today, I'm talking to Doneil and Chad. Doneil lives nearby outside Colorado Springs and Chad used to but now lives in California. We talk about their wins and losses in beekeeping.
In this episode, I talk to Chuch Jachens somewhere in north central California. He's a new beekeeper who has done a lot of research and gotten a good start.
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Freshman beekeeper Justin asks a lot of questions.
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In this episode, I take some time to explore expansion model beekeeping, its reasoning, its methods, and its usefulness.
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In this episode, I talk to Tyson Kaiser who lives in LA and does cutouts and swarm calls professionally.
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In this episode, I talk to Collin Pratt from Central Arkansas. He had lots of questions, some of which you might have too.
Michael Bush returns to talk about his Bee Camp and answers questions from the Facebook Page.
Aaron and I talk about his plans to become a treatment-free commercial beekeeper.
Show Notes: Aaron Jennings on Instagram: @jenningsapiaries Website: jenningsapiaries.com
As promised, here's me on my first day of beekeeping, April 26, 2003:
This episode, I talk to David LaFerney, a sort of avid hobbyist like myself who engages in the excellent practice of making and selling nucleus hives.
This episode is an outstanding interview with Gary Fawcett of Kiwimana.co.nz who has his own podcast about beekeeping in New Zealand. Subscribe to his podcast, I did.
As we wrap up the conversation with Michael Bush, we answer some more questions and talk about some more beekeeping stuff.
In the third part of this conversation, Michael Bush and I continue to answer questions from the Facebook page and talk about some other broader aspects of keeping bees in this time and place.
The second part of my conversation with Michael Bush, talking beekeeping and answering some more questions.
In this episode, Michael Bush and I discuss some beekeeping philosophy and answer some questions from the Facebook page.
This week we talk to Nick who is a new beekeeper and he offers us a peek into what it's like to keep bees in the south of the UK.
Today, I talk to Scott, a friend of the Treatment-Free Beekeepers group on Facebook who is a freshman beekeeper in Central Arkansas. As a former Arkansas beekeeper, I have some tips and tricks for him.
Meet Anita in Massachusetts. She is a treatment-free beekeeper who has accomplished much in the last few years. She talks with me about the challenges and successes she is is having keeping bees in the northeast.
This week, I talk to Marlene in Maine who just started keeping bees this year and has a lot of questions about how to get started treatment-free.
Back from vacation. In this podcast, I answer a bunch of questions including some on winter prep, equipment, and a proposal for a new format!
In this episode, I talk about what to do to help the bees along with mites during the first year or two and then I talk about some preparations that can be made for winter.
In this week's installment, I talk about "Expansion Model Beekeeping" and how that leads into my method of raising queens and creating nucs.
In this first episode, I answer a couple questions submitted by users of the Facebook Group.