Ep 148 January for the Beekeeper

About this episode

This episode discusses winter beekeeping tasks and preparations for the upcoming bee season.

But of course there's beekeeping stuff you can do in winter! :-) Listen in to get ideas about what tasks need doing (check in on your bees food stores!) as well as thought on how to get ahead for the upcoming bee season. Along the way: an idea for setting up a 'learning nuc' and thoughts on record keeping, bee school and more. This is the video I mention: https://youtu.be/BEqikrm9PRY?si=ag51ZJt2fVJsYfMU THANK YOU PATRONS for keeping this podcast going and keeping it commercial free! kind regards, Leigh Not a Patron yet and want to keep this podcast going commercial-free with a few bucks a month? Please join us by clicking here: https://www.patreon.com/fiveapple

People in this episode

Host: Leigh Wilkerson

Topics covered

• beekeeping tasks
• winter beekeeping
• preparing for bee season
• record keeping
• learning nuc
• bee school

Keywords

• beekeeping
• winter tasks
• food stores
• learning nuc
• record keeping
• bee school

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ep 148 January for the Beekeeper, https://youtu.be/BEqikrm9PRY?si=ag51ZJt2fVJsYfMU

Places: Patreon, winter, bee season, learning nuc, bee school

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