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Beekeeping Today Podcast

Jun 27, 2018

We invited (mostly retired) Dr. James Tew to the podcast to share with us some of his beekeeping experiences and observations. Jim brings an insightful and sometimes humorous perspective from how he got into bees... and how a bee once got into him!   Jim has retired from the Ohio State University Ag Extension in...


Jun 22, 2018

Joe Traynor is a bee broker in the almond orchards of California. Joe smoothes the business interactions between the beekeeper/pollinator and the almond grower. He has been in the pollination business since Joe Traynorthe early '70s and has seen it all.

He has written several books and has donated the proceeds to bee research....


Jun 21, 2018

Matthew Shepherd is the Director of Communications and Outreach for the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Jeff and Kim invited Matthew to  Beekeeping Today Podcast to discuss the Xerces Society's various programs including Protecting Pollinators, Monarch and Bumble Bee Conservation, and finally Xerces'...


Jun 20, 2018

John is a commercial beekeeper who splits his time between Newcastle, CA, and Gackle, ND.  We invited John to the podcast to John Millerdiscuss the challenges facing commercial pollinators in the almond orchards and the movement of bees back out to the prairies of North Dakota.

Later on in the episode, Kim provides his perspective...


Jun 19, 2018

Jeff and Kim speak with Amber Barnes of Pollinator Partnership (www.pollinator.org) about their many different projects, including Monarch program and pollinator habitat protection.

Later in the episode, Kim discusses the health and future of pollinators during his Inner Covered observations.

Special focus of this...