Dec 28, 2020
On this special Holiday Replay, we
bring back one of our favorite episodes from the first season, when
we invited Dr. Sam Ramsey to the podcast to talk about the Varroa
Mite.
Sam Ramsey is a life long entomologist. His interests in all things insects started in his youth along with his parent's encouragement and his...
Dec 21, 2020
On today’s episode,
we talk with Newfoundland beekeeper, Peter Armitage and Dr. David
Peck, a Professor from Cornell University, David Peck. Those
of us south of the Canadian border tend to mispronounce the name of
that big Island off the east coast of Quebec and just north of
Prince Edward Island. We tend to slur...
Dec 14, 2020
QSI–America is a Germany based
company that is in the business of testing honey for anything.
Their US lab in Corona, California is led by Tobias Wiezorek, and
employs about 35 scientists looking at the biochemical,
microbiology, chemical and pollen aspects of the honey and wax
samples. They can perform many tests,...
Dec 7, 2020
In this week’s episode, guest host Kirsten
Traynor speaks with Emily Bondor of the Santa Cruz Bee Co about how
she manages her colonies and those of other beekeepers without
chemical intervention. Emily discuss the types of losses beekeepers
should expect when foregoing varroa treatments, how to be an
ethical...
Nov 30, 2020
Starting several years ago,
Steve Donohoe wanted to find out more about beekeepers and how they
kept bees. His travels took him to California, where he talked to
Randy Oliver and Ray Olivarez, to Vermont to talk to Mike Palmer,
then back the UK to talk to Murry McGregor in Scotland and Peter
Little, who used to work...