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Latest episodes

Episode 414: Warm Autumn Inspections

October 25, 2026 · 19 min

In this week's Podcast: Not quite a heatwave but temperatures locally are still several degrees above the average for this time of the year. How are your bees coping? Ours, well they’re are doing just fine, we continue to feed nucs and…
Episode 413: Autumn Drone Laying Queens

October 18, 2026 · 19 min

In this week's Podcast: September is the very latest month that I will inspect any colonies before the colder weather sets in. But not just any, or all of my colonies, there has to be a very good reason to disturb the bees, listen in to…
Episode 412: New Honeybee Queen Saved

October 4, 2026 · 18 min

In this week's Podcast: With the nights cooling and Autumn upon us, I’m getting short on time to make sure all my newest nucleus colonies are prepared for the Winter ahead. One such colony, with a new queen has only a cup full of bees…
Episode 411: Sugar Syrup for Honeybees

September 27, 2026 · 19 min

In this week's Podcast: It’s time to consider feeding colonies for the Autumn and Winter ahead. I do have quite a number of boxes of fondant still and I would use these but I find myself mixing up sugar syrup. Listen in to find out why and…
Episode 410: Late Summer Shook Swarm

September 20, 2026 · 18 min

In this week's Podcast: The weather has calmed down somewhat, we’ve even had some rain! I’ve been adding treatments to nucs and found some very small queen right colonies, if you can call them that, and I need to decide what to do with…

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Episode 409: Heatwave After Heatwave

September 13, 2026 · 20 min

In this week's Podcast: It’s been another scorching week and our honeybees seem to be taking everything in their stride. Positives this week are, lots of mated queens from our own raised queen cells and I’ve also been in the honey room…
Episode 408: Mated Queens and Treatments

September 6, 2026 · 17 min

In this week's Podcast: It’s been a busy week with checks on our recently emerged virgin queens, have they mated and have they started to lay eggs. Listen in to hear the latest beekeeping news from around my apiaries. Hi, I’m Stewart…
Episode 407: Bad Beekeeping Advice

August 30, 2026 · 18 min

In this week's Podcast: Bad Beekeeping Advice. I’m sure we’ve all been offered advice as we’ve progressed through our beekeeping journeys, but how do you know what advice to take and what to leave? If you take my advice, you’ll listen to…
Episode 406: Wet and Dry Supers

August 23, 2026 · 18 min

In this week's Podcast: It’s almost the time of year when you might hear a lot of talk about supers, particularly wet or dry supers, today I’ll explain what they are and how you can store them ready for reuse next time. Hi, I’m Stewart…
Episode 405: Time For Honey Extraction

August 16, 2026 · 19 min

In this week's Podcast: Time drifts on by, and the end of the Summer nectar flow draws ever closer for me. Time for a quick apiary summary and then off to the honey room to look at this year’s extraction set up. Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks…
Episode 404: Go With The Flow

August 9, 2026 · 19 min

In this week's Podcast: Brood Breaks, The end of the nectar flow, and the first sighting of wasps in the apiaries. All mean one thing, for me, here in Norfolk, it looks likely the Summer honey production phase of the season is over. Maybe…
Episode 403: Time For The Splits

August 2, 2026 · 18 min

In this week's Podcast: July is a great time to make up any splits that you want for overwintered nucleus colonies. For me, I’m taking a slightly different approach this year. Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks, welcome to Episode 403 of my podcast…

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About the show

A Beekeeping Podcast for the Inquisitive Beekeeper with a Short Attention Span! BeeFarmer, YouTuber (The Norfolk Honey Company, Patreon Host (www.patreon.com/norfolkhoney), Beekeeping mentor to 1000's of beekeepers worldwide via my social media channels, Facebook and Instagram.