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Science and Nature
NR
2022
Charlie Bee Company

Forced Absconds

Charlie Bee Company is a show about a wild Texas beekeeper who rescues Africanized honeybees from desperate & dangerous situations, learning more about bees with each new sting he receives. Every day is a challenge for this bee removal expert who never knows what to expect when meeting an angry hive. Always learning more about bees himself, Charlie and Company bring bee conservation to the global

Forced Absconds

Charlie Bee Company Episode 5 | 46m 42s | CC

Charlie’s a bee removal pro—but one technique keeps stinging his pride: the forced abscond. To master it, he heads to Brenham to learn from the Texas Friendly Beekeeper, then teams up with Apimaye’s Korhan Kaftanoglu to try out insulated hives. With fresh skills in hand, he faces a tough ranch job with three colonies—including one giant oak tree that puts his new calm technique to the ultimate tes

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Charlie Bee Company is presented by Austin PBS, KLRU-TV and is distributed by American Public Television.

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