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Beekeeping at FiveApple

by Leigh Wilkerson

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Ep168 Scent Communications

October 15, 2026 · 27 min

Did you know honey bees are able to detect lung cancer by smell? Today I share that amazing study as well as more about the scents our bees use to communicate vital info: food! danger! home! here it is! Plus updates on the bee yards, black…
Ep167 Autumn Says Get Ready

October 1, 2026 · 39 min

The light and the leaves are both saying Autumn has started. Our winter bees are already emerging and there are things we can do to give them their best chance. In today's episode I'm talking about the things I'm getting done to get ready…
Ep166 Warmer autumns are good for bees right? Turns out, not really.

September 17, 2026 · 36 min

Found a research article that was food for thought on how warmer autumns may be having effects on our bees that aren't so good: creating smaller late-winter clusters by increased wear and tear on the precious winter bees who should not be…
Ep165: Bee Radio Reader "Reflections on the Past Seasons"

September 3, 2026 · 24 min

Ep165: Bee Radio Reader "Reflections on the Past Seasons" by Richard Wahl (Off the Wahl Beekeeping Column, Nov 2025. Read by permission of Bee Culture magazine. ) Today it's a radio reader episode on learning to reflect on the past in a…
updated Ep164 After 16 years, a shift for me

August 28, 2026 · 29 min

[Last Thursday Apple podcasts had an outage and the episode didn't show up as a new one in your feed. Here it is again for the Apple folks -- just a duplicate of last weeks episode that was missing for many! --Leigh] Listeners, This has…

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Ep164 After 16 years, a shift for me

August 20, 2026 · 29 min

This has been a test year in my bee yards, to see if my old treatment-free methods that worked so well for 16 years in an isolated bee yard would hold up in areas with more beekeepers. Answer: Nope. [Deep sigh and regroup. ] I now feel…
Ep163 Robbing prevention (and a tip I love!)

August 6, 2026 · 26 min

Today it's about the bee's most awful behavior: ROBBING. I found a tip on reducing robbing while doing inspections and it works great!! The PerfectBee.com website I mentioned. The article was from their email newsletter but here's a link…
Ep162 July Ramble–thoughts in the heat, fun letter, invitation for you

July 23, 2026 · 31 min

Today Episode: July bee yard update William's tips on honey harvest (see Williams letter here) Tip on making bee boxes last longer "painting with glue" — this whole presentation is well worth watching! ( YouTube Link) Invitation to…
Ep161 Making sense of the assays—with Ang Roell of They Keep Bees

July 9, 2026 · 44 min

UBO, PKB, FKB, mite washes, Harbo assays... It's an alphabet soup out there of ways to test your bees for hygienic traits and resistance to varroa. You may be testing to find out when to apply mite treatments or a brood break to a colony…
Ep160 Honey Harvesting Process

June 25, 2026 · 44 min

In this episode I share my own process for getting honey from the hives to the jars. It's quirky but it works for me and I'm hoping you might find ideas for your own process or just enjoy hearing how someone else does it. That's what I did…
Ep159 Queen Introduction: Tips to get that caged mated queen accepted

June 11, 2026 · 36 min

So you have a caged mated queen and a colony that needs requeening, how to make that happen (so that your special queen actually survives the process!) is what we cover today! As a thank-you, Patrons got this episode a day early and also…
Ep158 Ryan Williamson of Sourwood Farm (Virginia) Interview

May 28, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

Something special today! This interview with Ryan Williamson of Sourwood Farm of Virginia has been the one where I learned the most. He is a full time beekeeper selling local nucs and honey, but who also specializes in offering VSH queens…