Mind Your Hives Beekeeping
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The Bee Side - Silly Gooses with Evan Watson of Plan Bee Farm Brewery
The Bee Side - Silly Gooses with Evan Watson of Plan Bee Farm Brewery
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A Podcast by Beekeepers about more than just beekeeping from the owners of Kara Jo Skin Care & Bee Farm. Bees, farming, chickens, goats, herbs, beer and more!
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- The Bee Side - Silly Gooses with Evan Watson of Plan Bee Farm Brewery · 1 h 18 minGreg and Kara Jo are hanging with Evan Watson - co-owner / farmer / brewer / beekeeper of Plan Bee Farm Brewery. Evan is one of the sweetest and most unique people we've ever…
- Ep. 40 - Summer on the Farm · 1 h 41 min · Jakso 40It is SUMMER and the farm is crankin'! Bee wise we're talking: honey, pulling honey frames, crowded hives, requeening, angry bees, excluders, rearranging bee boxes and more! Farm…
- Ep. 39 - Learning After Knowing It All · 1 h 41 minHappy spring beekeepers! We're talking all things spring on the farm - splitting hives, stopping swarming, some heartbreak, tricky situations, bee math...we're all over the…
- Ep. 38 - Planning for the Year Ahead · 1 h 12 minWe’re back and we’re planning for the year ahead - spring is so close!! We discuss goals and how we work backwards to accomplish them; new plans around the farm; how farming is…
- Ep. 37 - Headed into Winter · 1 h 22 minThe Bee Farm is headed into winter. In the midst of a drought and record high temps for October and November, we're doing our best to get these bees ready for whenever winter…
- Ep. 36 - Do We Over Manage our Hives? · 1 h 16 minIn this episode we're all over the place. Current apiary updates. Successful and unsuccessful mite treatments. What's up with all these people calling honey bees invasive?!…
- Ep. 35 - Time to Harvest! Time to Mite Test? · 1 h 12 min · Jakso 35Summer is on its way out which means we've been harvesting honey and we need to make sure our bees are on the right track to survive winter. Kara and Greg talk about the current…
- Ep. 34 - Summertime and the Beekeepin' Ain't Always Easy! · 1 h 21 minWhat up! We're talking about chicken life on the farm, selling bees, following up about splits, queen introductions and some crazy hive situations we've experienced. Kara Jo's…
- Ep. 33 - Spring is Crankin'! · 1 h 11 min · Jakso 33We're talking about the best time to be a beekeeper - the spring! Spring time is swarm time and swarm time is splittin' time. Amongst other things, we dive into bee math aka the…
- Ep. 32 - First Inspections of the Season! · 41 minKara and I hop over to the mics straight out of the apiary after the 2024 seasons first inspections. Our spring has been cold and rainy so far and we're definitely a few weeks…
- Ep. 31 - Can You Stop Your Bees from Swarming? · 1 h 11 minFirst we talk how understanding bee biology can help in decision making with a deep dive on the effects of pollen feeding followed by whether we think you can stop your bees from…
- Ep. 30 - Beginner Beekeeping Decisions and Bad Teachers · 1 h 10 minIt is almost spring!! And for many that means starting their first year keeping bees. We're answering some common beginner questions including equipment, buying bees and bad…
- The Bee Side - Can Lawn Guys and Beekeepers Be Friends?! · 1 h 14 minBee Side Episode! We're hanging out with Chris Stoudt of Stout Lawn and Pest and host of The Root Zone Podcast. We talk winter lawn practices, spring prep and that middle ground…
- Ep. 29 - Beekeeping with a Purpose · 1 h 15 minWe're talking about beekeeping with a purpose and how it can help in your decision making, why hive deaths aren't necessarily bad and how we developed our style of hive…
- Ep.28 - Off-Season Prep and Questions Answered · 1 h 15 minWe're talking off-season prep, building our forest apiary, revisiting Bee Venom Therapy and answering your questions! This episode is brought to you by KaraJoSkinCare.com. New…
- Ep. 27 - The Good, Bad and Ugly side of Farmers' Markets · 1 h 10 minWe're talking our current November beekeeping including adding some robbing screens to help against Yellow Jackets and taking a trip down memory lane about our start working…
- Ep. 26 - Don't Do That - Beekeeping Pet Peeves · 1 h 17 min · Jakso 26There are lots of ways to beekeep but some styles (people?) really bother us...we're talking pet peeves, how we determine our top queen lines, mite follow-ups, overwintering our…
- Ep. 25 - Fall Beekeping is Upon Us · 1 h 4 minKara Jo and Greg are talking about their apiary after the late summer mite treatments. The varroa debacle in Australia. A surprise swarm catch. What to expect in the coming fall…
- Ep. 24 - Winning Against Mites · 1 h 6 minThe battle against mites hits its peak this time of year. We're talking testing for varroa and how we keep our bees healthy NOW before going into winter while being fueled by…
- Ep. 23 - Little Did We Know! Moving Bees and Starting Over · 1 h 18 min · Jakso 23In this episode we're talking about building our new farm, moving bees unexpectedly and how crazy life has been the past few months. We're drinking a Little Did you Know (our…
