What we talk about
Sometimes it’s a guest who knows their subject better than almost anyone in the country. Sometimes it’s me picking apart a decision I got wrong last season and what it cost me. Either way we talk properly, and we don’t dress it up.
Everything gets explained in plain English. It’s the conversation you’d get if you turned up at the apiary with a flask and an hour to spare.
Over a year you’ll hear us get into:
- Seasonal management, and how to plan a year that doesn’t run away from you
- Swarm control and queen performance, including the calls that go badly
- Equipment choices, and what’s actually worth the money
- Honey production, from the flow through to the jar
- The realities of running a beekeeping business
- Where the industry’s heading, and what that means for the rest of us
Latest episodes
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Fake Honey Exposed
Honey fraud is flooding supermarket shelves with syrup. Here’s how one investigator got inside the trade, and how to buy real honey. -
Late summer beekeeping
Your late summer beekeeping questions answered, including survivor swarms, honey-bound brood boxes, wasp defence and how to get winter feed right. -
insulation
Beehive condensation ruins winter colonies. Here is how I set up insulation and ventilation to keep my bees dry.
beats
ventilation -
When to treat for varroa
Why I treat for varroa in early August rather than September, plus wasp prep, honey room kit and how many colonies to take into winter.
How to listen
Every episode is available for free via YouTube, but if you hate that ad-riddled experience, subscribing to HiveQ gets you it early and without those annoying ads.
The full conversation runs 35 to 40 minutes and the ad free, early access, lives inside HiveQ, our members’ community. That’s where it gets interesting. The tangents, the disagreements, and the bits we probably shouldn’t be saying out loud.
Your first month of HiveQ is free, so you can hear a full episode before you decide whether it’s for you.
We’ll ask for your card details when you start your free month. Cancel before the month is up and you won’t be charged anything.
HiveQ is our members’ community, and every full length episode lives in there. Your first month is free, so you can watch a full episode and have a proper look round before you pay a penny.
After that it’s £8.99 a month, and you can cancel whenever you like.
Honestly, the podcast is the smallest part of it. You also get:
- New videos weeks before they go public, with no ads
- A back catalogue of over 100 ad-free episodes to work through
- Seasonal advice at the point in the year you actually need it
- Over 610 beekeepers who’ll look at a photo of your frame and tell you what they think
We’re here every step of the way, and there are no silly questions.
