Aug 31, 2020
In today’s episode we talk
with Sarah Weiner, the Executive Director of the Good Food Awards
Foundation and Mark Carlson, the Committee Co-Chair of the Honey
Category. Sarah brings a global perspective to her position having
worked with Slow Foods International in Italy and the US, produced
the Organic Food Festival...
Aug 24, 2020
In this episode,
Kirsten Traynor meets up with Dr. Rachael Bonoan, a bee biologist
and ecologist. Bees have some unusual and quirky behaviors. They
discuss bumble bee high fives, why honey bees like stinky, dirty
water, and how our pollinators may be seeking out unusual food
sources to gain important minerals. Rachael...
Aug 17, 2020
Strong
Microbials got their start producing probiotics to improve the
health of cattle, dairy cows, poultry and swine. Their products
improved animal food digestion resulting in overall animal health.
In 2012 they became interested in doing the same thing for honey
bees. In this episode, we talk with Vera and Slava...
Aug 10, 2020
In this episode, Kirsten chats
with commercial beekeeper Simeon Valkenburg, who runs a commercial
operation with his brother in Australia. He talks about building up
their commercial operation from scratch. They started with one hive
and are now up to about 1,000 hives in south east Australia.
The season kicks off with...
Aug 3, 2020
Dr. Jay Evans is the
Research Leader at the USDA Honey Bee Research Lab in Beltsville
Maryland. He and the resident scientists there are involved in many
projects, including mite studies, nutrition supplements for bees,
queen health and nutrition. Plus, even in middle of this pandemic,
they have realized the need for...