The Wonder of Bees with Martha Kearney — Season 1, Episode 3: Episode 3
Documentary, Reality • 30 min • 1 season, 4 episodes
Episode synopsis
Spring has well and truly sprung and the hives are going from strength to strength, but that brings with it a problem of its own - the swarm. As the colonies become overcrowded, the bees become likely to depart in a swarm with the queen, leaving just a few behind to rear a new queen. It's a natural process, but for the beekeeper it can be a disaster, leaving the hive all but empty with little prospect of a harvest of honey.
About The Wonder of Bees with Martha Kearney
Series which follows Martha Kearney's bee-keeping year and explores the science, art and culture of the honeybee, the most ingenious insect known to humankind.