Beekeeping For Newbees®
Welcome to Beekeeping For Newbees! This podcast is your ultimate resource for learning how to keep honeybees. Whether you're just starting out or looking to deepen your knowledge, we cover everything you need to know: essential tools, hive components, seasonal tasks, and all the tricks of the trade to help you succeed. If you’re new to beekeeping, this is the perfect place to begin your journey." 🐝
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Episodes (598)
Episode 208 – Tracking Hive Health Smarter: An Interview With the Founder of APi...
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Episode 207 – Listener's Choice: Bear Fences, Box Reversals, and Choosing Frames...
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Episode 206 – Varroa Week Wrap-Up: Norroa Explained and Is It Worth It? 🐝🛡️
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Episode 205 – Varroa Week: Treatment Options Every Beekeeper Should Know 🐝🛡️
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Episode 204 – Varroa Week Continues: How to Test Mite Levels 🐝🛡️
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Episode 203 – Varroa Week Continues: How Mites Reproduce and Spread 🐝🛡️
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Episode 202 – Varroa Week Begins: Your Spring Mite Plan Starts Now 🐝🛡️
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Episode 201 – Catching a Swarm and What Drives the Urge 🐝
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Episode 200 - The 5 Questions Every Hive Inspection Should Answer (Part 2 of 2)...
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Episode 199 - The 5 Questions Every Hive Inspection Should Answer (Part 1 of 2)...
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Episode 198 – Installing Packages and Nucs, Part 2: What I Did Wrong and What to...
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Episode 197 – Installing Packages and Nucs, Part 1: Step-by-Step Setup and Mista...
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Episode 196 – The Bee Buzz (33): Answering Your Beekeeping Questions 🐝💡
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Episode 195 – Big Updates: Thank You, MBK Program Changes, and the New Beekeepin...
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Episode 194 – Feeding Bees: When, Why, and How to Do It Right 🐝
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Episode 193 – Frames, Foundation, and Bringing It All Together 🐝
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Episode 192 – Choosing Your Hive Setup 🐝
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Episode 191 – Getting Ready for Bee Season 🐝
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Episode 190 – The Bee Buzz (32): Spring Hive Questions from Beekeepers 🐝💡
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Episode 189 – Swarm Traps Part 2: Catching Free Bees with Swarm Traps 🐝
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Episode 188 – Swarm Traps Part 1: Catching Free Bees with Swarm Traps 🐝
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Episode 187 – The Bee Buzz (31): Winter Bee Activity and Early Spring Hive Check...
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Episode 186 – March Beekeeping Decisions That Can Make or Break Your Season 🐝🌱
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Episode 185 – Cold Weather, Winter Feeding, and Seasonal Beekeeping Updates ❄️🐝
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Episode 184 – Laying Workers: Why It Happens and How to Fix It 🐝🧠
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Episode 183 – Africanized Honeybees: Are They Coming for You? 🐝⚠️
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Episode 182 – American Foulbrood, European Foulbrood, and the Fear Factor 🐝🧪
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Episode 181 – Bees in the News (29): Horned Devil Bees, Smart Bees & Vaccine Bre...
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Episode 180 – The Pennsylvania Bee Law (Part 2) HB 1277: Plant and Pollinator Pr...
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Episode 179 – The Pennsylvania Bee Law: What Beekeepers Need to Know 🐝⚖️
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Episode 178 – The Bee Buzz (30): Winter Prep, Ventilation & Varroa Reality Check...
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Episode 177 – The Bee Buzz (29): Drone Comb, Plastic Foundation & Late-Season Hi...
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Episode 176 – Winter Hive Survival (Part 2): Smarter Insulation for Stronger Col...
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Episode 175 – Winter Hive Survival: Science, Insulation, and the Condensing Hive...
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Episode 174 - Bees In The News (28): Parasites, Organics & Alaska Hive Beetles �...
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Episode 173 – Building a Hive Monitoring System: Sensors, Heat Maps, and Real Da...
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Episode 172 – The Bee Buzz (28): Winter Hive Questions, Feeding, and Moisture Bo...
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Episode 171 – Inside the Winter Cluster: How Bees Heat and Survive the Cold ❄️🐝
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Episode 170 – Tree Cavities vs. Langstroth Hives: How Bees Really Survive Winter...
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Episode 169 – Winter Prep for Your Hives: Feeding, Merging, and Insulating ❄️🐝
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Episode 168 – Spring vs Fall Pollen: What Bees Really Need (And When) 🐝🌼🍂
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Episode 167 – The Beltsville Bee Lab Shutdown: What’s Really Going On 🏛️🐝
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Episode 166 – Oxalic Acid and Mite Madness: What’s Changing, What’s Not 🧪🐝
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Episode 165 – Fall Swarming: Why You Still Need to Watch Closely 🍂🐝
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Episode 164 – Fall Flow and Winter Bees: How Nature Prepares the Colony for the...
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Episode 163 – Bearding, Fanning, and Heat Shields: How Bees Actually Cool the Hi...
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Episode 162 – What to Expect When You’re Expecting… Bees 🐝🍼
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Episode 161 – Beekeeping Myths, Course Updates, and 2026 Experiments 🧪🐝
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Episode 160 – Alternative Hive Types: Top Bar, Horizontal, and Warre Explained �...
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Episode 159 – Honey Extraction Methods: What to Know Before You Harvest 🍯🐝
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