Episodes

If a pollinator garden is in your future this summer, constructing a raised bed is one way to keep it under control and is a much…

So you have already put in your two packages (you did get two, right?) and a few days, or maybe a week later you checked them and…

Package season is about over for 2022. Perhaps thankfully too, depending on where in the country you live. Installing packages do…

Have you ever been involved in planning and carrying out a beekeeping meeting? If not, there are a host of things to consider tha…

What are the important considerations for finding a new bee yard? There are a whole lot of right answers to this question and Kim…

If your colonies make it through the winter, or if you simply purchased more bees as a package or nuc, their next challenge is ma…

This time of year, experienced and new beekeepers are receiving their packaged bees and nucs. Only a few of these packages and nu…

A beekeeper's most exciting moment is undoubtedly, capturing and hiving a swarm... especially when it is someone else's bees! In …

In today's episode, Jim Tew and Jeff Ott (who's stepping in this week for Kim Flottum) discuss their experiences using swarm trap…

This week, Beekeeping Today Podcast's co-host, Jeff Ott sits in for Kim Flottum and joins podcast regular, Jim Tew to answer list…

So, what do you do with your old wax? For some of us, as little as possible, but for others, there’s money to be made. There are …

What can you do with all that old beekeeping equipment you don’t need, don’t want and is in the way most of the time? There are s…

In today’s episode, Kim and Jim discuss making money with honey bees. Almost every beekeeper has had someone (usually a spouse…) …

A good rule when raising a few queens is to keep it simple. And not having to graft larvae from one cell to another is as simple …

It’s early February and it’s winter. But winter in northern Ohio is a lot different than winter in the south, where bees are flyi…

Managing large observation hives is very different than working with those small observation hives that you can take to a school …

Small, portable, usually single frame observation hives are ideal for meetings, demonstrations, lectures and even for study. They…

In today’s episode, Kim and Jim continue their exploration of Bee Beards… though this time… they go big… really big bee beards yo…

Really? You want to do a bee beard? OK, let’s think this through. How much do you know about bees and bee beards, and why do you …

Jim has finally figured out where he wants his flowers to be next spring, so what’s next is getting those sites ready to plant, s…

You can buy all of your beekeeping equipment already assembled and if wooden boxes, already painted. They cost more than if you d…

Jim has finally taken to heart the old saying, “Plant a flower - Feed a bee” and wants to add some plants to his yard that will n…

The December, 2021 issue of Bee Culture magazine arrived this month. In this episode, Kim and Jim look at this special issue and …

Will it be packages of nucs next spring? It’s only December, how do I know what I’ll want, and, if any, how many I’ll want? Getti…