Food Factory Jed Marshall

[Foxylad]

Jed Marshall on TV tonight, guess what feed holes open!

 

[BeeJayBee]

Thanks for the info. Is it this programme? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lz0yt

 

[ratcatcher]

Thanks for the info. Is it this programme? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lz0yt

yup, thats the one, anyone else notice as he stuck a super on the brood box, he had left his hive tool on top of brood frames

 

[meidel]

Is it just me or does anyone else get food factory sugar rush which seems to be all about custard, frozen pizza and dog food when you click on the link??

Which part of the episode do you see honey supers??

 

[Chrisfnvs]

Is it just me or does anyone else get food factory sugar rush which seems to be all about custard, frozen pizza and dog food when you click on the link??

Which part of the episode do you see honey supers??

yep me to

 

[Floyd]

You can view it on the iplayer website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01lz0yt/Food_Factory_Sugar_Rush/

 

[meidel]

You can view it on the iplayer website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01lz0yt/Food_Factory_Sugar_Rush/

Where in the episode are the bees?? It's all about custard, pizza and dog food!

 

[Floyd]

looks like they have put the correct title and description up but left an older episode on!

 

[Alabamaeee]

Supposedly this is being rebroadcast on BBC One Fri at 00:55 except for Wales region.

Iplayer still got the wrong episode

 

[m100]

Jed Marshall on TV tonight, guess what feed holes open!

Yep, doesn't make it a good idea though

Capture from the episode...

 

[nonstandard]

Yep, doesn't make it a good idea though ...

No but it reinforces the fact that we all have a choice

 

[astabada]

No gloves?!?!

 

[Teemore]

Just found out that Jed will be one of the guest lecturers at this years INIB conference in Hillsborough.

 

[m100]

No gloves?!?!

Possible because the hive has been moved and has no foragers, just a queen, drones and young workers that don't know how to sting. Doing this makes the filming a bit easier.

Bare hands is not such a huge leap as the level of sting protection offered by nitrile or latex gloves is minimal anyway (and you don't need leather ones unless you have a colony from hell)

Many years ago I saw a 'problem' hive smoked heavily that stung everyone in the near vicinity. A week later another beekeeper, under worse weather conditions, went through the same hive in a veil, bare arms and no gloves, using no smoke. No one got stung.

 

[jackbee]

Thought the finger full of honey under the unzipped veil was a bit risky too, but if it was forager free/young bees as suggested, not that risky.

Looked as if he'd squished a cpl in the comb too !