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Brushy Mountain Bee Farm Video Library
Instructional/Informational Videos

In the Beginning
1. Installing a Package of Bees
  April 14, 2009 - 39 minutes
2. Caring for a New Colony
  May 12, 2009 - 2 hrs 23 mins
3. Spring Prep and Swarm Management
  Apr 27, 2011 - 1 hr 31 mins
4. 6 Weeks as a beekeeper...Now What? with Kim Flottum
  June 1, 2010 - 1 hr 48 mins

5. Getting Started in Beekeeping - What does it take?
  February 11, 2010 - 1 hr 35 mins
6. Urban Beekeeping w/ Toni Burnham, Cameo Wood, & Cindy Bee
  Jan 24, 2010 - 1 hr 21 mins
7. Harvesting and Extracting
  July 19, 2009 - 1 hr 43 mins
8. Different Feeder Types

Made it Through Winter
1. You made it through winter...now what?

  March 19, 2009 - 2 hrs 23 mins
2. Over Wintering Nucleus Hives w/ Larry Connor
  July 20, 2010 - 1 hr 10 mins


3. Over Wintering Bees and Beekeeping Discussion Panel

  Sept 21, 2010 - 2 hr 4 mins
4. Recovering Winter Loss with Dr. Larry Connor
  Wicwas Press April 13, 2011 - 1 hr 15 mins

Dealing with Queens
1. Queen Maladies
  April 21, 2009 - 1 hr 57 mins
2. What to do when hives go bad? Dealing with Queen
issues with Jennifer Berry

  May 27, 2010 - 1 hr 21 mins (We had technical
difficulties at the begin but we got Jennifer back).

3. Backyard Queen Rearing with Dr. Larry Connor
  Apr 20, 2010 - 1 hr 23 mins
4. Mating Quality of Commercial Queens w/ Dr. David Tarpy
  Oct 20, 2009 - 1 hr 33 mins
5. Queen Breeding Coops w/ Dr. Tarpy and Plymouth County Beekeepers Fred Boucher and Bill Cullity
  Jun 21, 2011 - 2 hrs 4 mins

Medicating Your Bees
1. IPM Techniques
  May 19, 2009 - 1 hr 35 mins
2. Making Sense of Medications
  July 14, 2009 - 1 hr 37 mins


3. Pesticides in Beehives with Maryann Frazier

  Nov 10, 2009 - 1 hr 44 mins
4. Risky Business of Pesticides w/ Jim and Maryann Frazier
  Sept 8, 2011 - 1 hr 4 mins
Know Your Bees
1. Getting Ready for Winter with Kim Flottum
2. 3 Things to Know Going into Fall w/ Kim Flottum
  Sept 10, 2009 - 1 hr 20 mins   June 18, 2009 - 1 hr 35 mins
3. Record Keeping with Hive Tracks - a free online tool.
  Aug 26 2010 - 1 hr 41 mins (HiveTracks.com)


4. Making Colonies from the Ones You Own w/ Dr. Larry Connor

  Oct 15, 2009 - 1 hr 31 mins
5. Year 2 - Build them up, get them healthy, and make some honey
  Mar 9, 2011 - 1 hr 30 mins
6. Hive Tracks - Free Online Record Keeping Part II.
  Feb 9, 2011 - 1 hr 40 mins (HiveTracks.com)
Other Than Bees
2. Basic Mead Making - Learn How to Start
  Feb 16, 2010 - 1 hr 20 mins
3. Use and Function of Sideliner Uncapper


3. Candle Making 101

  Nov 19, 2009 - 1 hr 5 mins
4. Processing your Beeswax
  Nov 17, 2009 - 1 hr 15 mins