Original Transplants

Episode 27 of the Original Transplants Podcast features homestead stewards Will and Sarah sharing some special excitement from the beeyard and chicken coop. Will explains his technique for honey bee swarm trapping which has yielded the homestead's healthiest colony so far this season. Sarah recounts her response to a notoriously broody hen and the multiplier effect it had on the homestead flock. After highlighting some early season harvests from the edible landscape and detailing additions to the homestead orchard, Sarah outlines the 12 Principles of Permaculture and how she and Will applied them to swarm baiting and flock rearing.Resources:Seeley et al. Bait Hives for Honey Bees (1989): https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/2653Seeley et al. Group decision-making in swarms of honey bees (1999): http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/biol106h/PDF/Seeley.pdfSeeley Honeybee Democracy (2010): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/587249075Christopher Shein and Julie Thompson The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to P