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The Barefoot Beekeeper

Phil Chandler, teacher and author of 'The Barefoot Beekeeper', talks about 'balanced beekeeping' and explains why he believes we need to change both the way we grow our food and the way we work with h... Read more

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Permaculture and Bees in Ireland

Permaculture and Bees in Ireland

I recently had the pleasure of teaching a weekend course in Ireland to a lovely group of people. The setting was Carraig... Read more

17 Jul 2012

1hr 18mins

Ranked #2

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The Future of American Beekeeping

The Future of American Beekeeping

This podcast was recorded in Denver, Colorado, and features a round table discussion with Tom Theobald and Miles McGaugh... Read more

5 Nov 2012

43mins

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Bees, Soil Fertility, Permaculture and Bees

Bees, Soil Fertility, Permaculture and Bees

Caring for bees needs to start with a healthy soil. Modern agriculture uses a lot of chemicals just to grow our food, le... Read more

19 Dec 2016

1hr 14mins

Ranked #4

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Swarms, Nucs and Packages - and summer bee events

Swarms, Nucs and Packages - and summer bee events

Recorded about 4am, so please excuse me if I sound a little sleepy... I talk about the weekend course just completed at ... Read more

14 Apr 2014

23mins

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Willie Robson: 53 years among the bees

Willie Robson: 53 years among the bees

Willie Robson runs between 1500 and 2000 hives as a family business in Northumberland, the most northerly county in Engl... Read more

9 Feb 2016

1hr 5mins

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Inner Beekeeping

Inner Beekeeping

Recorded at the 2013 Friends of the Bees unConvention. 'Inner Beekeeping' is about the way our interactions with bees af... Read more

14 Aug 2013

1hr 3mins

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The Importance Of Being Insulated

The Importance Of Being Insulated

This episode features a short 'catch-up' interview with Brigit Strawbridge; discussion of hive insulation, the eco-floor... Read more

26 Feb 2014

35mins

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Dr Vandana Shiva and the fight against GM piracy

Dr Vandana Shiva and the fight against GM piracy

This is possibly the most important podcast I have recorded this year, not so much because of my part in it, but because... Read more

9 Oct 2014

56mins

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Findhorn: a conversation with co-founder Dorothy Maclean

Findhorn: a conversation with co-founder Dorothy Maclean

I recently visited the Findhorn community, near Inverness, to help them build a top bar hive and talk about natural beek... Read more

27 Aug 2013

37mins

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Bees and Other Bugs: Teaching Natural History with PUPA Education

Bees and Other Bugs: Teaching Natural History with PUPA Education

PUPA (Preservation & Understanding of Plants and Arthropods) Today's podcast is a conversation with Duncan Allen and... Read more

12 Oct 2012

51mins

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Conversation with Kate Atchley

Conversation with Kate Atchley

I met up with Kate Atchley after a weekend spent teaching a group of beginners at Glenuig, in the Lochaber area on the c... Read more

17 May 2016

31mins

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Conversation with Christopher Titmuss

Conversation with Christopher Titmuss

Christopher Titmuss, a former Buddhist monk in Thailand and India, teaches Awakening and Insight Meditation (Vipassana) ... Read more

1 Oct 2012

52mins

Ranked #13

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Willie Robson Part 2

Willie Robson Part 2

This is Part 2 of the session with Willie Robson, which has a somewhat better sound quality as the storm had reduced in ... Read more

11 Feb 2016

57mins

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Interview with Brigit Strawbridge at Bumblebee Farm

Interview with Brigit Strawbridge at Bumblebee Farm

Brigit Strawbridge will be remembered by many from the TV series 'It's Not Easy Being Green'. More recently, she has spe... Read more

6 Jun 2013

36mins

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My talk to the BIBBA Conference 2016

My talk to the BIBBA Conference 2016

I was invited to the BIBBA Conference on the Isle of Man this year to talk about top bar hives. This is my talk, lightly... Read more

10 Nov 2016

1hr

Ranked #16

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Last Podcast of 2013

Last Podcast of 2013

Those of us in the northern hemisphere are missing the sounds of our bees, so here is a recording I made in Spring 2011,... Read more

31 Dec 2013

8mins

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Dave Goulson and Brigit Strawbridge

Dave Goulson and Brigit Strawbridge

Dave Goulson is Professor of Biology at Sussex University, founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and has published... Read more

3 Jul 2017

40mins

Ranked #18

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Steve Benbow and the London Honey Company

Steve Benbow and the London Honey Company

Alys Fowler is writing another book, this time with London beekeeper Steve Benbow. It will be full of great gardening ti... Read more

4 Mar 2014

17mins

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A Chat in the Park With Bryn Simon

A Chat in the Park With Bryn Simon

Bryn Simon, President of Sydney Inner West Beekeepers, NSW, Australia, was in the UK and asked if he could visit and ask... Read more

8 Nov 2017

1hr 11mins

Ranked #20

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Italian beekeepers' hunger strike over pesticides

Italian beekeepers' hunger strike over pesticides

Italian beekeepers Renato Bologna and Marisa Valente have vowed to 'eat like bees' in protest against the use of neonico... Read more

2 Aug 2011

17mins

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