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The Beekeepers Q&A, the show on blab we attempt to answer your burning beekeeping questions.
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This week Don the Fat Bee Man Joins the show and discusses some of his methods.
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Discussions
- New Podcast released this week :- Happy Holidays
- Phone call from Indonesia at 1:30 am 🙁
The week we answer:-
- How to become a beekeeper in New Zealand, see our POST on some ideas
- How to do foundation-less frames
- How to move beehive short distance, article we did HERE
We will look at releasing talk this as a podcast in the future as well.
I live in central Missouri. Is late September too late to make a split? I have a top bar hive that is busting at the seams. Can they make a queen and get established before winter? Thanks!
Hi Bob, thanks for your question. There are some schools of thought and in practice over-wintering nucleus colonies is done regularly. I have a link here to youtube with Michael Palmer who talks about his method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nznzpiWEI8A – the other things to consider are your location so maybe there are some local beekeepers who practice over-wintering nucs. All the best Bob and let us know how you go. Regards, Margaret and Gary…it’s the kiwimana buzz…