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Honey Bee Obscura Podcast

The weekly podcast exploring the joys, challenges, and curiosities of keeping honey bees. Hosted by Dr. Jim Tew and produced by Jeff Ott, Honey Bee Obscura delivers short, focused conversations that dive into the details of beekeeping—from practical how-tos to quirky observations. Perfect for learning something new on the way to the apiary, at home, or wherever your bees take you.

Plain Talk: A Spring Walk in the Bee Yard

19 mins; May 02, 2024

Plain Talk: Box Hives

21 mins; April 25, 2024

Plain Talk: Leftover Honey

21 mins; April 18, 2024

Lost Queens

22 mins; April 11, 2024

Plain Talk: Honey Bee Eggs

21 mins; April 04, 2024

Observing Queen Anomalies with Anne Frey

20 mins; March 28, 2024

Plain Talk: Spring - Help, Don't Hurt Your Bees

18 mins; March 21, 2024

Managing Nucs with Anne Frey

20 mins; March 14, 2024

Plain Talk About Division Board Feeders

20 mins; March 07, 2024

Talking With Kids About Bees

21 mins; February 29, 2024

Dealing With Heavy Hives with Anne Frey

22 mins; February 22, 2024

Sampling Varroa Mites

24 mins; February 15, 2024

Eating Honey

20 mins; February 08, 2024

Colony Collapse and Varroa, Plain Talk with Dr. David Peck

23 mins; February 01, 2024

In Class with Jim: "Supering"

21 mins; January 25, 2024

Mentoring Young Beekeepers

19 mins; January 18, 2024

Colony Confinement

21 mins; January 11, 2024

Hive Inspections: When, Why and How Often

22 mins; January 04, 2024

Keeping Small Colonies

20 mins; December 28, 2023

Repetition Beekeeping

21 mins; December 21, 2023

Downsizing Your Bee Operation

20 mins; December 14, 2023

Queen Isolation Cages

23 mins; December 07, 2023

Winter Chores: Culling Combs

19 mins; November 30, 2023

Archive Special - Preparing Your Hives for Winter!

19 mins; November 23, 2023

Browsing Bee Books

16 mins; November 16, 2023

Rothenbuhler's Legacy (152)

17 mins; November 09, 2023

Transfers and Cutouts

18 mins; November 02, 2023

Dealing With Quirky Queens

19 mins; October 26, 2023

Honey Bees and Native Bees

22 mins; October 19, 2023

Dealing With Fall Equipment

20 mins; October 12, 2023

Barrel Hives with Jerry Hayes

20 mins; October 05, 2023

Archive Special: Dealing with Yellowjackets

17 mins; September 28, 2023

Listener Emails: Cutting Down Supers and Dealing with Propolis

22 mins; September 21, 2023

Moving Honey Supers in the Fall (144)

19 mins; September 14, 2023

Prepping for Fall and Winter

19 mins; September 07, 2023

How to Deal With Broken Frames

22 mins; August 31, 2023

Uncapping Honey

21 mins; August 24, 2023

The Evolution of Beekeeping

23 mins; August 17, 2023

What To Do With Cappings

20 mins; August 10, 2023

Considering the Bee Yard Habitat

21 mins; August 03, 2023

Dealing with Harvesting Headaches

21 mins; July 27, 2023

Dealing With Summer Robbing

22 mins; July 20, 2023

Beehive Life (135)

22 mins; July 13, 2023

Managing Mid-Summer Splits

22 mins; July 06, 2023

Dealing With Seasonal Bee Management Fluctuations

21 mins; June 29, 2023

Summer Replay - Hot Summers & Hot Bees (131)

16 mins; June 22, 2023

Getting Your Bees Through Droughts

19 mins; June 15, 2023

Learning To Deal With Stings

22 mins; June 08, 2023

Replacing The Queen

22 mins; June 01, 2023

Vanishing Swarms: Now You See Them, Now You Don't!

24 mins; May 25, 2023

Bee Trailers - The Portable Bee Hive

26 mins; May 18, 2023

Memorable Stings

19 mins; May 11, 2023

Well... It Depends - Swarms

21 mins; May 04, 2023

Marking Queens

24 mins; April 27, 2023

What About Those Springtime Bee Yard Chores

19 mins; April 20, 2023

Lessons Learned: Memorable Meetings

22 mins; April 13, 2023

What's This About Bees Eating Their Young?

21 mins; April 06, 2023

What About That Pollen Flow

21 mins; March 30, 2023

Dealing with Old Frames

21 mins; March 23, 2023

Should You Paint Your Hive?

22 mins; March 16, 2023

Preparing for the First Nectar Flow

20 mins; March 09, 2023

Managing The Small Colony

20 mins; March 02, 2023

Considering Atypical Bee Yards (114)

20 mins; February 23, 2023

Finding Bee Yards

24 mins; February 16, 2023

Spring Bees: Are Nucs A Good Deal?

23 mins; February 09, 2023

Bee Management on Warm(ish) Winter Days

19 mins; February 02, 2023

Dealing with Package Queens

24 mins; January 26, 2023

Considering New Honey Bee Queens

22 mins; January 19, 2023

Dealing With American Foulbrood

23 mins; January 12, 2023

Beekeeping New Years Resolutions

19 mins; January 05, 2023

Bears in the Bee Yard

24 mins; December 29, 2022

Our Genesis Stories in Beekeeping

24 mins; December 22, 2022

Beekeeper Record Keeping Considerations

22 mins; December 15, 2022

Building Your Own Bee Equipment

22 mins; December 08, 2022

Managing Winter Colony Die-Offs

21 mins; December 01, 2022

Consumer Honey Challenges

25 mins; November 24, 2022

5000 Years of Beekeeping in 24 Minutes

24 mins; November 17, 2022

Winter Reading: What's On The List?

20 mins; November 10, 2022

Colony Winter Water

17 mins; November 03, 2022

Midnight in the Bee Yard - A Halloween Special

21 mins; October 27, 2022

Winter Is Coming - Winter Prep

17 mins; October 20, 2022

How Phenology Can Help Your Manage Bees

20 mins; October 13, 2022

Living With Your Smoker

20 mins; October 06, 2022

Liquifying Crystalized Honey

20 mins; September 29, 2022

Bee Suits and Protective Clothing

21 mins; September 22, 2022

Extracting Honey

26 mins; September 15, 2022

Removing Honey

18 mins; September 08, 2022

Rim, Feeding Rim or Spacer

20 mins; September 01, 2022

Dealing With Wax Moths

20 mins; August 25, 2022

End of Season Evaluations

15 mins; August 18, 2022

Hive Stand Options

19 mins; August 11, 2022

How Much Honey Do You Leave On A Colony?

18 mins; August 04, 2022

Dealing With Heat in the Beeyard

16 mins; July 28, 2022

Laying Workers

19 mins; July 21, 2022

After The Swarm

20 mins; July 14, 2022

The Importance of Mentors

19 mins; July 07, 2022

Queen Excluders - Love Them or Hate Them

22 mins; June 30, 2022

Water For Your Bees

19 mins; June 23, 2022

Dealing with Marginal Queens

18 mins; June 16, 2022

Small Furry Pests

21 mins; June 09, 2022

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