Bees
Bug of the day: Bees
Bug time now and as you can probably hear - today we're doing bees. Audio
Mark Goodwin: managing bees
Leader of the Bee Unit at Plant and amp; Food Research, who has just been awarded an NZ Science and Technology Medal for his work on honey bees and crop pollination practices. Audio
Beehaus
In the UK, bees are being promoted as pets for city dwellers. Johannes Paul on the 'Beehaus', specially designed for urban beekeeping. Audio
Bees break language barrier through dance
Scientists in Australia are in a buzz after proving that different species of bees can learn each other's 'languages'. Audio
Genetics of Honey Bee Caste Development
Peter Dearden and Rosannah McCartney are looking at how two distinct types of female honey bees can stem from one genome. Audio
Bees 16: Varroa Treatment
Bee mentor David Carleton sorts out the hive for winter. Audio
Bees 13: Hive Check
After recent disasters affecting the backyard bee team are we ever going to get any honey? Audio
Bees 11: Colony Collapse Disorder
Rowan Jacobsen on colony collapse disorder. It's killing billions of the world's honeybees but nobody really knows why. Audio
Bees 10: New Queen
We're having some issues in the hive, getting through more queens than Henry VIII! But we do have a new queen and she’s laying a nice pattern. Audio
Bees 9: Trouble in the Hive
The queen bee's gone AWOL and taken thousands of workers with her! I got back for a relaxing few weeks away and checked the hive, sadly there were hardly any bees and no fresh eggs or larvae. It looks… Audio
Bees 8: pre-Christmas visit
The Backyard Bee team checks in with the hive before the Christmas break. I find out what my 50,000 bees will need over the holidays. Audio
Bumblebee vs. honey bee
Dr Nigel Raine speaks about the differences between honey bees and bumble bees and the navigational systems they use. Audio
Bees 7: Check-up
David Carleton and I are opening up the hive to check that our queen is alive and well and see how the bees are getting on with producing honey. Audio
Bees 6: Merging the Swarm
Frank Lindsay, who's a commercial beekeeper, drops round with the swarm he's been looking after and gets me to open my hive and merge the two colonies. The reason for merging the two colonies is to… Audio
Bees 4: Building a Hive
There's nowhere for the backyard bees to stay yet so we heat up some wax to build a hive for them. Audio
Bees 3: Catching a Swarm
We recruit a swarm of 10,000 bees to join my back-yard bee hive. Audio
Bees 1: Meet the beekeeper
Meet our bee team for the first time, and This Way Up's bee mentor David Carleton visits Simon's place for a site inspection. Audio
Bees 2: Hive Location
We're setting up a bee hive next to the Funky Chicken Farm. The plan's to get that honey flowing while at the same time spreading the love and getting a bit of pollination happening in the 'hood. Audio
Bees In Decline
Amelia Nurse talks to two bee scientists about why bee numbers are declining and what can be done. Audio
City Dwelling Bee Woman
Carol Downer is passionate about bees and says even city people can happily have their own hives. Audio