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A very special guest, Michael Bush, is on the podcast this time around. I am a big fan of his and I am honored to bring this podcast to you. Michael has been instrumental in bringing the “Natural Beekeeping” movement to the forefront. His articulate speaking style is packed with great information, a treat to listen to.
-=Craig
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We cover different types of top bar hives and the management styles that go with them. Are you looking for information about alternative hive styles? Are you on the fence about using the “standard” Lang hive? Well, this is the episode you’ve been waiting for! This is all the information you need to get off the beaten path and pursue keeping bees more “naturally.” Heck, you may even save a few bucks in the process! Our guest is Matt Reed from BeeThinking.com in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Enjoy,
-=Craig
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To some of you this is old news but for others it may be eye openning. The blog that I got this from had this quote from the author:
“Does it get more corrupt than this?
A corporation is allowed to rip the heart of America’s agricultural system (honeybees are ESSENTIAL for pollination) and not one of the scumbags in Congress or the empty suits in the White House are doing a thing about it. We don’t have a government in this country. We have a gang of self-serving thieves.”
Wow, those are strong words but isn’t that what we need to force action? Somebody do something, please…
It has been a reoccuring theme throughout my podcasts; “It’s all about money.” Big chemical companies spend a lot of money to protect their interests and unfortunately they are not interested in honeybees surviving. After all, honeybees are not their source of income…
I’ll get off my soapbox now
Cheers,
-=Craig
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In this episode I play some listener feedback calls and also read some of an old beekeeping book that is out of copyright. What great lessons we can learn from the past!
Enjoy,
-=Craig
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Hello everyone,
I have added a tab above that gives information on the honey I have for sale. I have also added a tab with information on how to get registered on the FORUMs. You’ll also hopefully be pleased to learn that I am once again listed in iTunes and I have a new Podcast series coming soon. I’m calling this one, “The Beginner’s Series with Don the FatBeeMan.” I know you will enjoy them.
The title of this post:
I felt like it was appropriate on a few levels… Most obvious to my faithful listeners is that I am getting the website slowly put back together after the “storm” of attacks from spammers.
On a more personal note, my family and I are re-building our lives after the hurricane tore through Southern Maryland last month. Our home sustained a large amount of damage from several trees falling onto it. In addition, 15+ huge red oaks fell all over the property blocking the driveway and forever changing the look of the place. It was heartbreaking and has turned out to be an unbelievable amount of work to cut these trees up and remove the debris.
Here is why I am sharing this painful news. An oak tree fell in front of the bee hives. An oak tree fell behind the beehives. The biggest oak tree fell between the rows of hives. A pine tree one foot in diameter even fell along side the hives completely encircling them.
Not a single bee hive was hit by a tree, not even a branch… No hives toppled over, nothing… I have some pictures I will get around to posting sometime.
When I discovered that every single hive made it I couldn’t help but to think that it was nothing short of a miracle. My family is OK. My girls are OK. The rest is just stuff 
Cheers,
-=Craig
Well, if anyone is still hanging around these parts looking for updates on what is going on here it is…
I grew weary of the spammers and didn’t have the energy to continue cleaning up after them along with everything else going on in my life to keep me busy.
FORUM USE: If you would like to sign up for an account on the forums ( http://somdbeekeeper.com/forum ) send an email with the USERNAME you would like to use along with a starting PASSWORD which can be anything. Send the email to:
I will create the account manually and reply when its ready. The spammers are too sophisticated these days to allow automated sign-ups. They were literally burying my database with new spam accounts. (100s per day)
From now on I’d like to see a friendly email from a human being fellow-beekeeper before I allow access to the board.
Thanks for hanging in there.
Cheers,
Craig
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Here is the fantastic conclusion of the “Intro” series with Don the FatBeeMan. This is my personal favorite out of the three but you be the judge on which one you like best.
If you enjoyed this series and specifically Don’s teachings then you’ll be happy to know that we have another series under production. The next one is aimed squarely at the beginning beekeeper. That’s not to say that you intermediate and advanced folks won’t pick up a thing or two! They’ll be plenty of stuff for you to UNLEARN, rest assured of that!
Enjoy,
-=Craig
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George Imirie, inventor of the “Imirie Shim” that is available in various bee supply catalogs kept bees for over 70 years. He had a lot of knowledge to share but unfortunately he passed away in 2007. While he was the President of the Montgomery County beekeepers (also in Maryland) he wrote their club newsletters filled with his wisdom which he called, “The Pink Pages.”
These Pink Pages have been run through a web site utility that has converted them to audio files and they are now available at the following RSS feed:
http://www.yakitome.com/cgi-bin/rss.py?uID=1350828966&cmd=pub#
Simply load that link into your Podcast software and you’ll see MANY of George’s writings and you’ll have the luxury of being able to listen to them instead of having to be a captive reader.
You can also simply click this link and listen to the files by clicking the links.
Enjoy!
-=Craig
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I hereby dub Don the first “Grand Master Beekeeper” that I have come across. I hope you enjoy this and there is more to come!
Best
-=Craig
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I am proud to present a conversation with Don the FatBeeMan, owner of Dixie Bee Supply. Don is a well-known and respected teacher of all things beekeeping with 50+ years of hands-on under his belt.
Don keeps (and breeds) very gentle small-cell bees that survive without chemical treatments. Don is also an active participate on our FORUMS so take the opportunity to interact with him there and ask questions!!
* Mentioned in this episode – 4 frame Baby NUC video
Also, I highly recommend you watch the 6 short videos on the FatBeeMan YouTube channel. They are a perfect compliment to Don’s episodes on this Podcast. It will also give you more of an insight into what Don is all about. It’s worth every minute!
Cheers,
Craig
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