BeeCraft April 2026

BeeCraft June 2026 featuring Pete Davies hornet nest hunting in New Zealand

The editing team, Richard, Lucy and Stephen, discuss the June issue plus an exclusive interview with Pete Davies, formerly of the National Bee Unit, who has recently returned from yellow-legged hornet nest hunting in New Zealand. Links mentioned in the podcast: The William Parkinson Living Laboratory fundraiser: www.justgiving.com/page/william-parkinson-living-laboratory [http://www.justgiving.com/page/william-parkinson-living-laboratory] The B4 symposium on wild living bees www.b4project.co.uk/symposium [http://www.b4project.co.uk/symposium]   To subscribe to BeeCraft magazine www.bee-craft.com [http://www.bee-craft.com]

BeeCraft May 2026 featuring BuzzCopper inventor and a BeeCraft illustrator

A low-cost breakthrough in automatically identifying the presence of the invasive yellow-legged hornet at a bait station with no risk of bycatch has been invented by Jon Semple -- hear how it came about and what will happen this season Who is behind BeeCraft illustrations? Meet beekeeper-artist George Tonge. Co-editors Richard Rickitt and Stephen Fleming guide you through the May issue of BeeCraft.

Brazil's best kept secrets - Kate Graydon tells us about its stingless bees

In this podcast special from Sao Paulo in Brazil, Kate Graydon of Bristol University tells BeeCraft about her latest research into the wonderful world of Brazil's stingless bees. They can bite, they can heal and some spend their lives thieving from their neighbours. In the March issue of BeeCraft magazine, Kate surprised readers by showing that honey bee queens lay different sizes of eggs depending on the amount of forage in their area.

BeeCraft April 2026

The backstory to the April issue of BeeCraft magazine, with co-editors Richard Rickitt and Stephen Fleming. Video links mentioned in the podcast: "My Garden of a Thousand Bees" on BBC iPlayer (50 mins) https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002t686/my-garden-of-a-thousand-bees [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002t686/my-garden-of-a-thousand-bees] Skep beekeeping on Luneburg Heath (16 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2IjNBbLESY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2IjNBbLESY]

BeeCraft March 2026 issue - behind the scenes featuring Peter Smith

Another look behind the scenes of another issue of BeeCraft featuring Broodbox contributor Peter Smith and Richard's unfortunate encounter with a goat.