Podcasts about bait hives

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108: Bee Radio Reader: Bait Hives Reading the older article Bait Hives for Honey Bees by Dr. Tom Seeley et al. Read the article here.  Other links to bait hive info:  https://www.beeculture.com/get-bait-hives-ready/ https://www.bee-craft.com/beecraft-extra/articles/how-to-use-a-bait-hive https://www.honeybeesuite.com/tag/swarm-traps/ Enjoy! And happy swarm catching!  Note: The splits book will be delayed -- I'd hoped to have it ready for you by now! -- but I'll be sharing the pieces in progress with the Patrons here as well as sharing other tips and bonus content here every week.  This podcast continues to be listener-powered so remains free of adverts and sponsorship messages. Thank you Patrons!! kind regards, Leigh --   Please become a Friend of Five Apple on Patreon and join the folks who make the podcasts possible! In addition to huge gratitude, you get:   • BONUS podcasts and early access episodes • Access to Patreon blog posts including tips and videos • Special Q&A posts to ask me questions about YOUR bees • Input on the podcast topics • Shout-outs on the show because I appreciate you!    If you can support the show with $3 a month or more, please sign up today: https://www.patreon.com/fiveapple -- About Beekeeping at Five Apple Farm: Leigh keeps bees in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. She cares for around a dozen-ish hives in a rural Appalachian forest climate. Colonies are managed for bee health with active selection for vigor, genetic diversity and disease resistance, but without chemical treatments thus far. The apiary is self-sustaining (not needing to buy/catch replacement bees since 2010) and produces honey and nucs most every year. 

In today's episode, Jim Tew and Jeff Ott (who's stepping in this week for Kim Flottum) discuss their experiences using swarm traps - sometimes called "bait hives". Swarm traps are used by beekeepers to lure the scout bees looking for a new home. There are multiple types of swarm traps from the commercially available 'flower pot' type traps, to home-made traps to simply setting out old hive bodies with a frame or two of brood comb or foundation. Jim and Jeff talk about what they've used, what'd worked and what hasn't. Lures are a second topic discussed. These are also commercially available, can be home made or even use store bought lemon grass oil. Some would consider the use of old brood comb as a lure! Perhaps one of today's most noted authorities on the natural lives of honey bees is Dr. Tom Seeley. His pamphlet on setting up swarm traps can be on the Cornell website here: https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/2653 Do you set up swarm traps? If so, what do you use? How do you set them up? Where? How high above the ground? Let us know in the "leave a comment" section above. Join or start a conversation! If you like the episode, share it with a fellow beekeepers and/or let us know by leaving a comment in the show notes. We'd love to hear from you! ___________________ Thanks to Betterbee for sponsoring today's episode. BetterBee's mission is to support every beekeeper with excellent customer service, continued education and quality equipment. From their colorful and informative catalog to their support of beekeeper educational activities, including this podcast series, BetterBee truly is Beekeepers Serving Beekeepers. See for yourself at www.betterbee.com ______________________ Honey Bee Obscura is brought to you by Growing Planet Media, LLC, the home of Beekeeping Today Podcast. Music: Heart & Soul by Gyom, Walking in Paris by Studio Le Bus, original guitar music by Jeffrey Ott Copyright © 2022 by Growing Planet Media, LLC

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 53: Homesteading for Food Security The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 53 explores food security and supply chain logistics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Will explains swarm-trapping for apiary expansion, and Will and Sarah discuss preventive and supportive therapies for low-intervention chicken flock health. Sarah shares favorite recipes for preparing dandelions and fiddlehead ferns foraged from the edible landscape, and updates listeners on the progress of vegetable seedlings and orchard pollination. Sarah and Will discuss invasives management and lessons learned while morel hunting, including proper identification, dangerous look-alikes, and the importance of ethical harvest. Episode 53 closes with articles from Lancaster Farming featuring farmer perspectives on food security and supply chain logistics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Notes Exton Bee Company http://extonbeecompany.com/ Tom Seeley et al. - Bait Hives for Honey Bees https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/2653 In the Name of the Kind: A Dungeon Siege Tale (film reference) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460780/ Gail Damerow - The Chicken Health Handbook https://archive.org/details/The_Chicken_Health_Handbook_Complete/page/n2/mode/2up Samuel Thayer - Nature's Garden https://www.foragersharvest.com/store/p3/NaturesGarden.html#/ Mushroom Appreciation - Morels - Identification and Hunting Tips https://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/morel-mushrooms.html Robin Wall Kimerer - Honorable Harvest https://www.upaya.org/2014/06/guidelines-honorable-harvest/ Lancaster Farming Farmers Market Gets Creative to Deal With Covid-19 https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/southern_edition/farmers-market-gets-creative-to-deal-with-covid-19/article_69f987df-ca5c-5540-a23b-ba690726821e.html Foodservice Decline Leads to Flock Culling https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming/poultry/foodservice-decline-leads-to-flock-culling/article_7b952f8a-d50c-5329-a1f5-ff1673f7d0c3.html Dairy Industry Seeks Ways to Donate Excess Milk https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming/dairy/dairy-industry-seeks-ways-to-donate-excess-milk/article_ec34d93b-21a7-53ef-81b9-614729eae62e.html Redding Outlines Steps Taken to Secure Food Supply, Address Food Insecurity in Pennsylvania https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/redding-outlines-steps-taken-to-secure-food-supply-address-food-insecurity-in-pennsylvania/article_2fe6cfb0-856b-11ea-a141-5b3accc6a0b0.html TAGS #food security #food supply #covid-19 #coronavirus #pandemic #food #farming #agriculture #gardening #homesteading #gardens #podcast #satoyamahomestead #bees #beekeeping #permaculture #honey bees #apiculture #backyardchickens #chickens #coop #rooster #ediblelandscape #spring #weather #rain #homestead #plants #seedlings #invasives management #foraging #edible wild plants #morel hunting

Episode 36 begins with Will and Sarah discussing the finer points of swarm trapping, from timing to spacing to construction. Their new bees arrive soon and they also intend to catch some wild swarms using traps in the yard. Next, they discuss a sick chicken and how to quarantine a chicken to help with recovery. They also discuss a home remedy for an injured chicken's comb, in this case, Jumpy the rooster, whose wounds are being picked at by his hens. The difficult spring season is their next subject. They talk about the cold March, the high winds on the day of the podcast (4/15/18), and how they're going to protect their new seedlings from frost. Sarah has worked hard to plant a variety of seedlings and they need their help. Will then talks at length about his run-in with the Firethorn/pyracantha shrub in the yard, from Sarah's first encounter to his allergic reaction that resulted in a visit to the doctor. They end the podcast with an article on the Linnaean-naming convention conspiracy surrounding the holly variety cassina, AKA yaupon, AKA black tea, a native perennial plant whose leaves can produce a caffeinated tea. Yaupon holly: As noted in the podcast, there are varieties of yaupon that are hardy to PA's Zone 6. One is Anna's Choice, found here (though out of stock at the moment) https://almostedenplants.com/shopping/products/10202-anna%27s-choice-yaupon-holly-yellow-berried/ Another is Hoskin Shadow https://www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/ilex-vomitoria-hoskin-shadow/ Chicken wound ointment: combine wax and oil over heat in a container you don't care about. Add the essential oils after solution has cooled down. 1 part beeswax 2 parts coconut oil 10 drops of frankincense oil 10 drops lavender oil 3 drops tea tree oil Links: Tom Seeley, Following the Wild Bees, Princeton Press https://press.princeton.edu/titles/10669.html Seeley, Morse, Nowogrodzki, "Bait Hives for Honey Bees", 1989-10, Cornell Cooperative Extension, https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/2653 Reclaiming the Farm, "When Firethorns Attack", http://reclaimingthefarm.blogspot.com/2012/05/when-fire-thorns-attack.html Extension.org, Firethorns question about toxicity, https://ask.extension.org/questions/282127 SF Gate, "Is it safe to burn pyracantha?" http://homeguides.sfgate.com/safe-burn-pyracantha-87631.html Timber Creek Farm, Essential Oils for chickens, https://timbercreekfarmer.com/essential-oils-for-chicken-care/ Satoyama Homestead 里山 Gardening outside the lines. satoyamahs.org | satoyamahs@gmail.com | 484-247-GROW (4769)

Episode 27 of the Original Transplants Podcast features homestead stewards Will and Sarah sharing some special excitement from the beeyard and chicken coop. Will explains his technique for honey bee swarm trapping which has yielded the homestead's healthiest colony so far this season. Sarah recounts her response to a notoriously broody hen and the multiplier effect it had on the homestead flock. After highlighting some early season harvests from the edible landscape and detailing additions to the homestead orchard, Sarah outlines the 12 Principles of Permaculture and how she and Will applied them to swarm baiting and flock rearing. Resources: Seeley et al. Bait Hives for Honey Bees (1989): https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/2653 Seeley et al. Group decision-making in swarms of honey bees (1999): http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/biol106h/PDF/Seeley.pdf Seeley Honeybee Democracy (2010): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/587249075 Christopher Shein and Julie Thompson The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture (2013): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/785870730

On this episode, Jason Bruns talks about how to catch swarms and shares a lot of dollars worth of wisdom on how to be successful at it. Show notes:  Swarm Traps and Bait Hives by McCartney Taylor Permaculture: A Designer's Manual by Bill Mollison Permaculture Voices Podcast LetMBee Blog by Jason Bruns