Beekeeping Basics with Eric Fuchs-Stengel

ATTRA - Voices from the Field

ATTRA - Voices from the Field
Beekeeping Basics with Eric Fuchs-Stengel
May 15, 2025 Episode 378
NCAT

In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT specialists Lee Rhinehart and Eric Fuchs-Stengel have a lively discussion on the topic of beekeeping. Lee and Eric talk about the best and worst conditions for keeping bees, common mistakes for beginners, bee anatomy, and honey production. Eric also shares his own experiences in raising bees and provides many practical suggestions who to seek guidance from when first starting out and for cultivating healthy hives. 

 ATTRA Resources:

Alternative Pollinators: Native Bees 

Free Bees, Part One: Finding Them 

Free Bees, Part Two: Keeping Them 

Beekeeping Basics: Making Splits

Beekeeping: Overwintering Bees in Warm Places

Episode 214. Attracting and Protecting Pollinators

Additional Resources:

Heroes to Hives 

Hives for Heroes

Xerces Society

Master Beekeeping Program at Cornell University

Natural Beekeeping - Ross Conrad

Raising Resilient Bees: Heritage Techniques to Mitigate Mites, etc. - Eric McEwen

Dadant Beekeeping Supplies

Scientificbeekeeping.com

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