The Barefoot Beekeeper
Summary: 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 honeybees if we want them - and ourselves - to survive and thrive. Beekeeping has been all about honey production. Now we need to learn to value bees for their own sake - for their part in nature as pollinators of many plant species, both wild and cultivated. The Barefoot Beekeeper is available in print or as an ebook from www.biobees.com
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- Artist: Phil Chandler
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Podcasts:
The Asian Yellow-Legged Hornet - Vespa velutina - has rampaged through France and for the last three years has occupied Jersey in the Channel Islands, threatening to invade mainland Britain using any means possible.
On Bovey Heath with Brigit Strawbridge Howard
Beekeeping in Norway - a chat with Ragna Jorgensen of Bybi
Bob Hogge from Jersey talks about the invading Asian hornet
Are Black Bees Best for Britain?
A talk from the 2018 BIBBA conference
Jim Ryan - Beekeeping without too many mistakes
The ZEST hive is unusual in that it is made from solid building blocks arranged to form a long, deep container, with multiple, upper entrances. It is easy and relatively inexpensive to build, with the help of Bill's web site - www.thezesthive.com - and his YouTube videos.
Ivy Bees, with Brigit Strawbridge Howard
Willie Robson: Heather Honey in the North of England
Bryn Simon, President of Sydney Inner West Beekeepers, NSW, Australia, was in the UK and asked if he could visit and ask me some questions. The sound quality is not perfect: there was a fair bit of background noise from road drills and seagulls, and I had the gain turned up a little too high, but if you can overlook that, we had a good chat about bees and beekeeping.
Dave Goulson and Brigit Strawbridge
Bees, Soil Fertility, Permaculture and Bees
My talk to the BIBBA Conference 2016
Conversation with Kate Atchley
