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"Beekeeping Buddies" is your go-to podcast for all things buzzing in the world of beekeeping! Join Steve and Luke, two seasoned hobbyist beekeepers with over a decade of experience each, as they take you on a journey through the captivating realm of beekeeping. Tune in as they share firsthand accounts of the latest buzz in their personal bee yards parked in picturesque Peoria, IL. From Midwest seasonal hive updates to intriguing anecdotes, Steve and Luke provide invaluable insights garnered ...
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Episode 16 - October Deep Dive into Cutouts in Central Illinois
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Welcome to Episode 16 of Beekeeping Buddies. The podcast where Steve and Luke talk about beekeeping in the Central Illinois area. Around the Yard: Dry October: A dry hot October, still In the News: DMZ Honey: NY Times article on a beekeeper in Korea Droning On: Deep Dive Into Midwest Cutouts: Luke and Steve talk about what tools, time, and knowledg…
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Episode 15 - Dry October, Fall Honey Stocks, Upcoming Cutouts, Bald Faced Hornets and a Legislative Update
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Welcome to Episode 15 of Beekeeping Buddies. The podcast where Steve and Luke talk about beekeeping in the Central Illinois area. Around the Yard: Dry October: A dry hot October. What do we do, anything we should not be doing? Fall Honey Stock: How do our hives look for winter? How are our flow hives doing? Is there anything we can do right now? Up…
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Episode 14 - Rainless in September, Fall Honey Stocks, To Insulate or Not, Starter Hive Setup, New Treatments and more!
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Welcome to Episode 14 of Beekeeping Buddies. The podcast where Steve and Luke talk about beekeeping in the Central Illinois area. Around the Yard: More Unusual Weather: A dry hot September. What do we do, anything we should not be doing? Fall Honey Stock: How do our hives look for winter? How are our flow hives doing? Is there anything we can do ri…
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Episode 13 - Winter Feeding, Winterizing, Hive Beetles, Fall Honey, Queen Transfer, Bald Faced Hornets, Crystalized Honey, Wax Processing, and Propolis
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Welcome to Episode 13 of Beekeeping Buddies. The podcast where Steve and Luke talk about beekeeping in the Central Illinois area. Around the Yard: Winter Feeding: Are we still feeding? Should you be? Winterizing: What do we do and why do we do it? What does the fat body actually do? How do we set up our hives? Hive Beetles... in Illinios?: Luke is …
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Episode 12 - Winter Feeding, Alaska Bees, Talking to Non-Beeks, Hot Honey, Fall Festivals
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Welcome to Episode 12 of Beekeeping Buddies. The podcast where Steve and Luke talk about beekeeping in the Central Illinois area. Around the Yard: Winter Feeding: When should feeding for your bees start? How much should the hive weigh? Alaska Beekeeping: What was Luke's trip like? How do the bees work during the summer? Do they survive winter? In t…
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Episode 11 - Fancy Queens, Honey Tastings, Hiveorama updates, Bananas and more!
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Welcome to Episode 11 of Beekeeping Buddies. The podcast where Steve and Luke talk about beekeeping in the Central Illinois area. Around the Yard: Fancy Quees: Luke picked up some fancy queens from a local breeder. Come listen to what we have. Honey Tasting: A honey tasting was held in attemps to make apitourism more common. Listen to what we tried…
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Episode 10 - End of July Bee Farm updates, hive-o-rama, and struggles with small hive beetle
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Welcome to Episode 10 of Beekeeping Buddies. The podcast where Steve and Luke talk about beekeeping in the Central Illinois area. Around the Yard: Harvesting Honey: We’ll discuss the best practices for harvesting honey in Central Illinois, including timing and techniques to ensure a successful yield, and how much we've gotten so far. Beekeeping Tou…
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Episode 9 - Honey Harvest, Flow Hives, Grafting Queens, Beekeeping Tours and More
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Welcome to Episode 9 of Beekeeping Buddies. The podcast where Steve and Luke talk about beekeeping in the Central Illinois area. Around the Yard: Harvesting Honey: We’ll discuss the best practices for harvesting honey in Central Illinois, including timing and techniques to ensure a successful yield, and how much we've gotten so far. Flow Hives: An …
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Episode 8 - Moving Hives, Flow Hives, EFB, Queen Grafting and More
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Join us in this episode of beekeeping buddies where we talk about the challenges of moving hives, our flow hive experience, what we do when we find EFB, Queen Grafting, upcoming events and more with Steve and Luke as we talk about beekeeping in the midwest! Mann Lake QC100 - https://www.mannlakeltd.com/honey-bees/queen-rearing/complete-queen-rearin…
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Episode 7 - Visiting Beekeeping Buddy Valerie Ross! Looking back at what it is like to be a beginner beekeeper.
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Join us, Steve and Luke, your friendly neighborhood beekeeping enthusiasts, as we embark on an exciting journey into the world of honeybees, hives, and all things buzzing! We have our first beekeeping buddy Valerie Ross on our episode! We talk about what it is like to be a beginner beekeeper! With over a decade of combined experience in beekeeping,…
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Episode 6 - Queen Rearing, Nectar Flow, Hive Swarming, Honey Collection, Apitourism
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In Episode 6 of Beekeeping Buddies, hosts Steven Schmidt and Luke Harvey take listeners on a comprehensive journey through several key aspects of beekeeping. The episode kicks off with an in-depth discussion on Queen Rearing, where Steven and Luke share their expertise on raising healthy queens and the critical role these queens play in hive health…
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Episode 5 - Package Installation, Swarm Season, Japan Beekeeping Trip, and Cutouts
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Come join Steve and Luke and hear us talk about complications with our package installations, Luke's beekeeping trip to Japan, a busy swarm season (including a birthday swarm), and a recent cutout we completed. Steve's Favorite Nuc Box - https://blueskybeesupply.com/polystyrene-medium-6-frame-nuc-kit-unassembled/ Luke's Favorite Nuc Box - https://w…
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Episode 4 - Making New Beekeepers, EPA Legislation, Splitting Medium Frames
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Welcome to a bonus episode. While Luke is overseas looking at Apis Cerana, we needed to discuss some important legislation and some great articles by commercial beekeeper Charles Linder. Listen to is discuss beekeeping lobbiests, the why we need to be comcerned about the FDA becoming involved in our miticide treatment process. We also discuss split…
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Episode 3 - Losses, Traps, Queens, Bee Expos, Review Corner, and Swarm Traps
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Join us in Episode 3 where we talk about some early spring losses, when we should be putting out hive traps, VSH Queens and their prices, Bee Expo and available videos as well as the upcoming Hiveorama, introduce our new product review corner, and answer some questions from the honeybee hotline. Thank you again for joining us and we look forward to…
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Episode 2 - Weird Weather, Measuring VSH, Beekeeping Clubs, and Droning On
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This episode we talk about strange weather in March in central Illinois, where our flowers are, where our bees are in development, completing and communicating VSH with Harbo Assays, beekeeping clubs, understand what you are doing and why it is important, and our popular Droning On where we answer listener questions. Where to go for instructions on…
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Episode 1 - Strange Spring Temperatures, Virtual Beekeeping Conference, and New Equipment
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What's going on with our late winter temperatures? We talk about our very pleasant and strange very early spring temperatures, a virtual beekeeping conference, how do we get to varroa sensitive hives, our thoughts on making a queen builder, UBeeO test kits, the Apimayne hive type, beekeeping in the news, and the honeybee hotline! Sustainable Beekee…
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Episode 0 - Introductions and Aspirations
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Join us, Steve and Luke, your friendly neighborhood beekeeping enthusiasts, as we embark on an exciting journey into the world of honeybees, hives, and all things buzzing! In this inaugural episode, we're thrilled to introduce ourselves and give you a peek into what "Beekeeping Buddies" is all about. With over a decade of combined experience in bee…
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Me and chloe stuck inside
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We are stuck inside because of covid-19 lease go and follow purslow.chloe on Instagram
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