Has John completely lost his mind?  Well, that remains to be seen.  Join us for a special stand-alone episode of The Hive Jive and learn all about the wild and

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Consider this a reminder that to love and to be loved is the most important thing there is in this world.  In his own words and from his personal trials,

Continue reading144 – In Remembrance of 2021

(Original Air Date: June 4th, 2020) In their latest misadventures, Ken comes across an ice chest full of bees, and John is called to a swarm that has over 5

Continue readingBonus – Ice Chest Bees and Crazy Swarms

(Original Air Date: May 28th, 2020) Its time for another Random Clips episode. Just like the title implies, these clips are random and don’t necessarily have anything to do with

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(Original Air Date: May 21st, 2020) In this bonus episode John continues his rant from the main segment about the irresponsible beekeeper and the chaos the “Bad Bees” caused; while

Continue readingBonus – Bad Habit Beekeeper or just Bad Bees?

(Original Air Date: May 14th, 2020) Ken and John question the new temp soundboard operator, Shannon, about her thoughts on the show, as well as her experience with Honey.  The

Continue readingBonus – Beyond the Plastic Bear

(Original Air Date: May 7th, 2020)The saga continues with Ken and Max and their re-queening attempts.  Plus, does the color of your bee really matter?

(Original Air Date: May 1st, 2020) The trial-and-error part of the learning curve continues as Ken and Max attempt their first round of re-queening on a hive that originally contained

Continue readingBONUS – A Dead Queen and New Chickens

(Original Air Date: April 23rd, 2020) While we continue our Quarantines with horrible audio quality, Ken has been working on more trap-outs from old oak trees that are going to

Continue readingBonus – The Biggest Queen You Have Ever Seen

For our 9th installment of the Natural Beekeeping Corner, Nathalie is again joined by Les Crowder as the pair discuss ideas based on an article from 2020 titled “Natural Selection,

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