22) Brad Hogg (CA)

Brad is a Canadian honey producer. He raises many of his own queens and makes the majority of his hardware. You can find Brad online at Faith Apiaries. Make sure to check out his YouTube channel where he does instructional videos and weekly vlogs.  

What we chatted about 

6:00 Brad’s apiary setup

6:50 2 queen systems 

11:04 3 nucs over 2 10 frames 

13:14 Zombie colonies 

16:44 OTS queen rearing

22:12 Wintering mating nucs

23:57 double screens with mating nucs

Brad’s YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/c/FaithApiaries-ThatBeeMan

Brad’s Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/FaithApiaries 

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