Beekeeping At Five Apple Farm Podcast

I ask Tina about the Miller (graftless) method of Queen rearing and her recent articles in ABJ, then we wander into chat between bee friends of goings on in our apiaries, things we want to try this year and more. Enjoy! -Leigh Supporting Patrons, view your exclusive show notes here.  Patron exclusive detailed show notes include: What is the Miller Method?  More info and how-to from Tina’s on the Miller method Article on the Miller Method with illustrations of the special comb cuts.  Handy queen calculator where you fill in the date you graft (or remove the queen in a frame-based split) and it fills in the critical dates such as the cell being ripe and able to be moved to another hive (day 10), when to check back for eggs, etc Videos from Tina’s Four Corners Bee Association on splits and other topics Link to Tina’s ABJ article on the Demaree method of swarm management.  (You will need an ABJ subscription to access that article. The subscription gets you access to years of archived issues so it’s