Feb 22, 2021
Steven Coy, Executive
Board Member of American Honey Producers Association (AHPA) returns to the podcast. This time, he
discusses the USDA-APHIS call for comments on the elimination of
the Chinese Tallow Tree and the impact the elimination of this tree
could have on honey producers from Texas to Florida.
PLEASE NOTE: At...
Feb 15, 2021
In today’s episode, we talk
with Bridget Mendel and Becky Masterman of the University of
Minnesota Bee Lab’s “Bee Squad”. Dr. Marla Spivak created Bee
Squad as an outreach group 10 years ago in the Twin Cities area to
help local beekeepers and other people just wanting bees in the
backyard, with just a couple...
Feb 8, 2021
This week we talk with Ellie
Symes, CEO of The Bee Corp. We met Ellie at the recent Almond
Growers virtual conference. With pollination hives in almonds
renting for around $200 each, almond growers want to make sure they
are getting good, strong hives so they get maximum production from
their orchards. Beekeepers want...
Feb 1, 2021
In today’s episode we
talk with Ben Dictus, beekeeper for Bee Downtown. The good
people in the Bee Downtown organization have taken bees and
beekeeping to a new level of education, promotion and opportunity.
They have combined beekeeping and leadership training, with
business leaders and employees: Bee yards with...