Notes from the Beeyard
Notes from the Beeyard is a weekly podcast about the joys and disappointments of beekeeping.
From 1990 to 2016 Colorado beekeeper Tom Theobald wrote a weekly column, Notes from the Beeyard, for a regional farm and ranch magazine.
Tom's initial plan for Notes from the Beeyard was to document a single year in his life as a beekeeper - swarm management, working toward the honey flow, bears - and so on. Over time, the column grew to hold much more. Notes from the Beeyard is about the joys and disappointments of beekeeping. It’s about the Colorado landscape, friendship, the fabric of Western life, and the passage of time.
Listen to Notes from the Beeyard to hear Tom read stories about beekeeping. Enjoy the conversation that follows as Tom and Notes from the Beeyard podcast host, Laura Tyler, chat about Tom's stories.
Tom Theobold standing next to one of his two-queen colonies in Boulder County, Colorado.
Tom Theobald is an author and beekeeper who has lived and kept bees in Niwot, Colorado for over 40 years.
Laura Tyler is a media producer and visual artist with over 20 years experience keeping bees in Boulder, Colorado.
https://notesfromthebeeyard.buzz
From 1990 to 2016 Colorado beekeeper Tom Theobald wrote a weekly column, Notes from the Beeyard, for a regional farm and ranch magazine.
Tom's initial plan for Notes from the Beeyard was to document a single year in his life as a beekeeper - swarm management, working toward the honey flow, bears - and so on. Over time, the column grew to hold much more. Notes from the Beeyard is about the joys and disappointments of beekeeping. It’s about the Colorado landscape, friendship, the fabric of Western life, and the passage of time.
Listen to Notes from the Beeyard to hear Tom read stories about beekeeping. Enjoy the conversation that follows as Tom and Notes from the Beeyard podcast host, Laura Tyler, chat about Tom's stories.
Tom Theobold standing next to one of his two-queen colonies in Boulder County, Colorado.
Tom Theobald
"There are few crafts which draw one as intimately into the natural order of things as the bees do, and even after years of beekeeping I often found myself standing in awe at some event I witnessed in my work."Tom Theobald is an author and beekeeper who has lived and kept bees in Niwot, Colorado for over 40 years.
Laura Tyler
"I love talking with beekeepers and listening to stories about their lives because working with bees is fascinating and can feel adventuresome."Laura Tyler is a media producer and visual artist with over 20 years experience keeping bees in Boulder, Colorado.
https://notesfromthebeeyard.buzz
Notes from the Beeyard
Signs of Spring
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Tom Theobald and Laura Tyler
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Season 1
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Episode 24
Tom Theobald observes a shift. Tom and Laura chat about what it feels like watch the seasons turn.
"On the 29th of January I went out to do the morning chores. I looked into the chicken coop for the first time in several days to check the feed, and there, half buried in the winter accumulation of litter lay four eggs, dirty, cracked and frozen, the first of the season. In their ugliness they were as beautiful as any spring flower, a symbol of winter's waning, a simple, elemental, earthy reminder that spring is on the way."
CREDITS
Producer: Laura Tyler
Author: Tom Theobald
Editor: Andy Schwarz
Music: "Americana" and "Sonorus" by Mr Smith are licensed under CC by 4.0
Logo Design: Janet Cerretani