Episodes

  • In this week's Podcast: Well, it looks like the weather might finally be turning a little warmer, it's not too different from last year with a late start but now it's here let's crack on, It's a good time to perform a Bailey Comb Change.

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 299 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    Get your copy of Steve & Paul's new book by clicking the link below.
    Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives by Steve Donohoe and Paul Horton
    ISBN: 978-1-914934-67-4

    Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

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  • In this week's Podcast: I'm just back from the BBKA Spring Convention 2024 and have to say I had a really great time. If you've not been in recent years, make it a date next year and let's have a party!

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 298 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    Get your copy of Steve & Paul's new book by clicking the link below.
    Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives by Steve Donohoe and Paul Horton
    ISBN: 978-1-914934-67-4

    Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

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  • In this week's Podcast: Beginner beekeeper Nick Bunker joins me for a chat about his beekeeping journey and hopefully get some answers to some of the many questions he has.

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 297 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    Get your copy of Steve & Paul's new book by clicking the link below.
    Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives by Steve Donohoe and Paul Horton
    ISBN: 978-1-914934-67-4

    Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

    Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:

    Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website here

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  • In this week's Podcast: We've spotted drones in a few colonies, food stores are being replenished in most and it looks like the weather is warming up a little, time to start beekeeping!

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 296 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    Get your copy of Steve & Paul's new book by clicking the link below.
    Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives by Steve Donohoe and Paul Horton
    ISBN: 978-1-914934-67-4

    Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

    Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:

    Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website here

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  • In this week's Podcast: With Spring progressing there's a temptation to stack supers on your hives for an early Spring crop but that might not necessarily be the best option. Listen in to hear why.

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 295 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    Get your copy of Steve & Paul's new book by clicking the link below.
    Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives by Steve Donohoe and Paul Horton
    ISBN: 978-1-914934-67-4

    Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

    Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:

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  • In this week's Podcast: Want to sell lip balms, hand creams and other cosmetic products but don't have the time or finances to go through the lengthy process of licencing and insurance? Listen in for a simple solution to boost your sales whether online, at farmer's markets or fairs.

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 294 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    Get your copy of Steve & Paul's new book by clicking the link below.
    Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives by Steve Donohoe and Paul Horton
    ISBN: 978-1-914934-67-4

    Contact Julie and Kevin Thorn at Busy Bee Cosmetics using the link to their website here - BUSY BEE COSMETICS

    Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

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  • In this week's Podcast: Asian Hornet is a real and present danger here in the UK, today I'm joined once again by Jackie Thomas to discuss the current position and what, if anything I should do as we head into Spring.

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 293 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    Get your copy of Steve & Paul's new book by clicking the link below.
    Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives by Steve Donohoe and Paul Horton
    ISBN: 978-1-914934-67-4

    The Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet Links
    National Bee Unit
    Non-Native Species Secretariate
    The Asian Hornet Handbook by Sarah Bunker

    Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

    Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:

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  • In this week's Podcast: I'm Back, Still struggling with the healthissues but glad to be talking beekeeping once more, and it's March already!

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 292 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    Get your copy of Steve & Paul's new book by clicking the link below.
    Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives by Steve Donohoe and Paul Horton
    ISBN: 978-1-914934-67-4

    Just in case you missed the Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet Links from 2023
    National Bee Unit
    Non-Native Species Secretariate
    The Asian Hornet Handbook by Sarah Bunker

    Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

    Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:

    Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website here

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  • In this week's Podcast: I'm joined in conversation by Rob Nickless, Co-Organiser of The Beekeeping Show here in the UK to discuss some of the things to look out for at the 2024 show.

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 291 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    The Beekeeping Show 2024 - Tickets available here

    Get your copy of Steve & Paul's new book by clicking the link below.
    Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives by Steve Donohoe and Paul Horton
    ISBN: 978-1-914934-67-4

    Just in case you missed the Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet Links from 2023
    National Bee Unit
    Non-Native Species Secretariate
    The Asian Hornet Handbook by Sarah Bunker

    Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

    Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:

    Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website here

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  • In this week's Podcast: I'm joined in conversation by Paul Beardmore from Modern Beekeeping and Happy Valley Honey to discuss his beekeeping, honey production and online beekeeping equipment business.

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 289 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    Check Out Paul's website, answer a very simple question, and you could win a prize.
    Check out the link here: Modern Beekeeping Competition entry

    Get your copy of Steve & Paul's new book by clicking the link below.
    Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives by Steve Donohoe and Paul Horton
    ISBN: 978-1-914934-67-4

    Just in case you missed the Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet Links form 2023
    National Bee Unit
    Non-Native Species Secretariate
    The Asian Hornet Handbook by Sarah Bunker

    Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

    Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:

    Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website here

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  • In this week's Podcast: I'm joined in conversation by Luke Hutchinson from Northumberland Honey to talk about Mead, Honey and Queen Rearing

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 289 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    Check Out Luke's website, answer a very simple question, and you could win a prize.
    Check out the link here: Northumberland Honey

    The Beekeeping Show 2024 - Tickets available here

    Get your copy of Steve & Paul's new book by clicking the link below.

    Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives by Steve Donohoe and Paul Horton
    ISBN: 978-1-914934-67-4

    Just in case you missed the Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet Links form 2023
    National Bee Unit
    Non-Native Species Secretariate
    The Asian Hornet Handbook by Sarah Bunker

    Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

    Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:

    Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website here

    Support the Show.

  • In this week's Podcast: Happy New Year, It's interview time! I'm joined by Steve Donohoe and Paul Horton to discuss their new book, Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives.

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 288 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    The Beekeeping Show 2024 - Tickets available here

    Get your copy of Steve & Paul's new book by clicking the link below.

    Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives by Steve Donohoe and Paul Horton
    ISBN: 978-1-914934-67-4

    Just in case you missed the Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet Links form 2023
    National Bee Unit
    Non-Native Species Secretariate
    The Asian Hornet Handbook by Sarah Bunker

    Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

    Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:

    Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website here

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  • In this week's Podcast: Planning for the new season, it's a big part of my winter, it helps me focus, it gets everything in it's place and it helps keep me optimistic for the new season.

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 287 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    The Beekeeping Show 2024 - Tickets available here

    Article: Beekeeping Theories Debunked: The Real Buzz on Honeybee Insulation
    Research Paper: Honeybee Cluster - Not Insulation but Stressful Heat Sink

    Just in case you missed the Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet Links
    National Bee Unit
    Non-Native Species Secretariate
    The Asian Hornet Handbook by Sarah Bunker

    Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

    Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:

    Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website here

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  • In this week's Podcast: Something slightly different, Today I'm chatting with Jackie Thomas, Master Beekeeper, Training Officer for the Dover and District BKA and Asian Hornet Action Team Co-Ordinator. Time to learn more about the Asian Hornet incursions into the South East of England.

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 286 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    The Beekeeping Show 2024 - Tickets available here

    Asian Hornet Links Below:
    National Bee Unit
    Non-Native Species Secretariate
    The Asian Hornet Handbook by Sarah Bunker

    Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

    Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:

    Early Release & Additional Video and Podcast Content - Access HereStewart's Beekeeping Basics Facebook Private Group - Click HereTwitter - @NorfolkHoneyCo - Check Out Our FeedInstagram - @norfolkhoneyco - View Our Great PhotographsSign Up for my email updates by visiting my website here

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  • In this week's Podcast: What a very cold week we've just had, minus 5 degrees celsius overnight and it's left me shivering. No movement from any hives as our bees sit out the cold and hefting is about all we should now do. Me, I'm having a cuppa and planning the start of my new season and I thought I would share my top tip for Spring splits, swarm management and frame replacement.

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 285 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    The Beekeeping Show 2024 - Tickets available here

    Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

    Join Our Beekeeping Community in the following ways:

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  • In this week's Podcast: It's getting colder and our colonies are all set for the long winter ahead, actually, not really, listen in for yet more of my attempts to catch up with this beekeeping season.

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 284 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    Dade's Anatomy and Dissection of the Honeybee

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  • In this week's Podcast: Most beekeepers will have packed away their hive tools and smoker for the Winter by now, but what if you've been unable to get your bees prepared for Winter as you normally might. Listen in for an emergency hive intervention to get back on track before Santa get's here!

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 283 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    Contact Me at The Norfolk Honey Company

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  • In this week's Podcast: It's been an interesting week to say the least! I've been unboxing new equipment, scraping and pressing heather honey frames and witnessed a most disturbing scene, of a mute swan attacking another mute swan at the fishing lakes apiaries.

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 282 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    Refractometer Link

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  • In this week's Podcast: November begins and the rain is unrelenting. The fishing lakes apiaries are surrounded by water, it is a fishing lake after all, but the river is overflowing into the lakes, back out into the river again and water is starting to creep towards my apiaries!

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 281 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

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  • In this week's Podcast: A Change to my normal podcast, as I sit down with Niki Backes and Kristina Prokopiou from the charity Bees Abroad to hear a little of what they do, and how, we beekeepers might be able to give our support.

    Hi, I’m Stewart Spinks and welcome to Episode 280 of my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

    Visit the Bees Abroard Website

    Join in the "Big Give Campaign" with Bees Abroad

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