Ep 152: Knowing Bee Biology Makes Better Beekeepers

Ep 152: Knowing Bee Biology Makes Better Beekeepers

From Beekeeping at FiveApple by Leigh Wilkerson

March 5, 2026 · 58 min · Episode 153

About this episode

This episode discusses how understanding bee biology impacts beekeeping practices across different seasons.

This is a hefty episode that reviews some of the many, many ways knowing bee biology will directly affect the decisions you have to make as a beekeeper in every season of beekeeping. It's long because it affects nearly everything and this is just a sampling! Beginners: take the details you need and just roll with the stuff that you haven't learned yet, but please note how important learning all that bee life cycle stuff turns out to be! Experienced beekeepers: I hope this will inspire you to emphasize bee biology to your mentees as the framework they can build their beekeeping upon. This episode is free and available to everyone....and your support really makes a difference. You are warmly invited to become a Friend of Five Apple on Patreon to join the folks who make the podcasts possible, who keep the archives available and who keep it all advertising-free. https://www.patreon.com/fiveapple In addition to huge gratitude, you get: Detailed show notes with links, tips, comments Access to Patreon blog posts including tips and videos Occasional bonus podcasts and early access episodes Commenting on posts (and DMs) allows me to answer questions Input on the podcast topics Shout-outs…

People in this episode

Host: Leigh Wilkerson

Topics covered

  • bee biology
  • beekeeping decisions
  • life cycle of bees
  • mentorship in beekeeping
  • supporting podcasts

Keywords

  • bee biology
  • beekeeping
  • life cycle
  • mentorship
  • podcast support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon

Places: Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina

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