Mind Your Hives Beekeeping

The Bee Side - Silly Gooses with Evan Watson of Plan Bee Farm Brewery

Greg and Kara Jo are hanging with Evan Watson - co-owner / farmer / brewer / beekeeper of Plan Bee Farm Brewery. Evan is one of the sweetest and most unique people we've

Ep. 40 - Summer on the Farm

It is SUMMER and the farm is crankin'! Bee wise we're talking: honey, pulling honey frames, crowded hives, requeening, angry bees, excluders, rearranging bee boxes and mo

Ep. 39 - Learning After Knowing It All

Happy spring beekeepers! We're talking all things spring on the farm - splitting hives, stopping swarming, some heartbreak, tricky situations, bee math...we're all over t

Ep. 38 - Planning for the Year Ahead

We’re back and we’re planning for the year ahead - spring is so close!! We discuss goals and how we work backwards to accomplish them; new plans around the farm; how fa

Ep. 37 - Headed into Winter

The Bee Farm is headed into winter. In the midst of a drought and record high temps for October and November, we're doing our best to get these bees ready for whenever wi

Ep. 36 - Do We Over Manage our Hives?

In this episode we're all over the place. Current apiary updates. Successful and unsuccessful mite treatments. What's up with all these people calling honey bees invasive

Ep. 35 - Time to Harvest! Time to Mite Test?

Summer is on its way out which means we've been harvesting honey and we need to make sure our bees are on the right track to survive winter. Kara and Greg talk about the

Ep. 34 - Summertime and the Beekeepin' Ain't Always Easy!

What up! We're talking about chicken life on the farm, selling bees, following up about splits, queen introductions and some crazy hive situations we've experienced. Kara

Ep. 33 - Spring is Crankin'!

We're talking about the best time to be a beekeeper - the spring! Spring time is swarm time and swarm time is splittin' time. Amongst other things, we dive into bee math

Ep. 32 - First Inspections of the Season!

Kara and I hop over to the mics straight out of the apiary after the 2024 seasons first inspections. Our spring has been cold and rainy so far and we're definitely a few

Ep. 31 - Can You Stop Your Bees from Swarming?

First we talk how understanding bee biology can help in decision making with a deep dive on the effects of pollen feeding followed by whether we think you can stop your b

Ep. 30 - Beginner Beekeeping Decisions and Bad Teachers

It is almost spring!! And for many that means starting their first year keeping bees. We're answering some common beginner questions including equipment, buying bees and

The Bee Side - Can Lawn Guys and Beekeepers Be Friends?!

Bee Side Episode! We're hanging out with Chris Stoudt of Stout Lawn and Pest and host of The Root Zone Podcast. We talk winter lawn practices, spring prep and that middle

Ep. 29 - Beekeeping with a Purpose

We're talking about beekeeping with a purpose and how it can help in your decision making, why hive deaths aren't necessarily bad and how we developed our style of hive m

Ep.28 - Off-Season Prep and Questions Answered

We're talking off-season prep, building our forest apiary, revisiting Bee Venom Therapy and answering your questions! This episode is brought to you by KaraJoSkinCare.co

Ep. 27 - The Good, Bad and Ugly side of Farmers' Markets

We're talking our current November beekeeping including adding some robbing screens to help against Yellow Jackets and taking a trip down memory lane about our start work

Ep. 26 - Don't Do That - Beekeeping Pet Peeves

There are lots of ways to beekeep but some styles (people?) really bother us...we're talking pet peeves, how we determine our top queen lines, mite follow-ups, overwinter

Ep. 25 - Fall Beekeping is Upon Us

Kara Jo and Greg are talking about their apiary after the late summer mite treatments. The varroa debacle in Australia. A surprise swarm catch. What to expect in the comi

Ep. 24 - Winning Against Mites

The battle against mites hits its peak this time of year. We're talking testing for varroa and how we keep our bees healthy NOW before going into winter while being fuele

Ep. 23 - Little Did We Know! Moving Bees and Starting Over

In this episode we're talking about building our new farm, moving bees unexpectedly and how crazy life has been the past few months. We're drinking a Little Did you Know