Mar 27, 2020
This week we meet
with Kelly Kulhanek, a BIP Sentinel Apiary Scientist. Since gearing
up in 2015, this program monitors colonies in 30 states with over
100 beekeepers. Once enrolled, you’ll take samples from your hives
and have them tested for varroa, nosema and anything else the BIP
people find for over 6 months a...
Mar 20, 2020
We’ve all seen the
bottles of Sioux Honey in the grocery store. Ever wonder how
the Sioux Honey cooperative works? Could you join? Would you want
to? In this episode, we meet Matt Beekman, a 4000-colony co-op
member in California who recently joined Sioux and shares
information on this 100-year-old agriculture...
Mar 13, 2020
We recently talked with the good folks at
ApisProtect, a technology company located in Cork, Ireland and
Salinas, CA. Dr. Fiona Edwards Murphy and Dr. Whelan Padraig are
the engineers and beekeepers whose ideas and hard work have made
this possible. At a high level, ApisProtect technology collects
hive data using their...
Mar 6, 2020
Welcome to our four-part
series on getting started in this fascinating and educational
backyard pastime, sideline job, or full time career. All are
possible with honey bees. Listen in as Kim Flottum, author and
retired Editor of Bee Culture magazine, Dr. James Tew, author, Bee
Culture magazine contributor and retired...