Episode 384: The Artificial Swarm

About this episode

Stewart Spinks discusses the artificial swarm technique for managing bee colonies during the swarming season.

In this week's Podcast: It won’t be long before the early March Sunshine arrives and many beekeepers will start to stress a little, or maybe a lot, over their colonies swarming. The Artificial Swarm is an excellent method of managing this busy time of the season and, actually, it’s a really simple process that sometimes confuses. Hopefully today, I can take the mystery out of the technique for you. Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks, welcome to Episode 384 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet. Pleas...

People in this episode

Host: Stewart Spinks

Topics covered

• beekeeping
• swarming
• artificial swarm
• bee management
• seasonal care

Keywords

• beekeeping
• artificial swarm
• bee colonies
• swarming
• bee management

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