Nov 29, 2021
Joining us is Bee Culture contributor and author, Ross Conrad. Ross is a commercial beekeeper in Vermont. He runs a small commercial operation running about 100 colonies and all are treatment free. He makes honey, does a bit of pollination and does a good bit of teaching. He is the author of Natural Beekeeping, a...
Nov 22, 2021
In this episode, we invite
Cliff Struhl on the show to talk about his company, Bee Smart
Designs. Cliff actually got his start in manufacturing beekeeping
equipment because his wife didn’t want cinder blocks and 2x4’s as
hive stands in her very well-designed gardens around their home.
Cliff, whose business is...
Nov 15, 2021
Last year, we talked with The Good
Food Foundation about their annual honey contest (S3, E14). This year, we bring you four of the 15
finalists to talk about their entries and their beekeeping
operation. Winners will be announced the week of the episode’s
release!
Honey for the contest is entered and only compared to...
Nov 8, 2021
We welcome back Dr.
Brittney Goodrich, Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist at
the University of California, Davis. Brittney joined us originally
on October 5, 2020 to talk about her research on the importance of
Almond
Pollination contracts. Today, she joins us to discuss just how
the success (or lack thereof) of...
Nov 1, 2021
For this episode, we invite back
our regular regional beekeepers to sit down with us and discuss how
their season went, what surprises they had, what worked, what
didn’t and what they were planning for in 2022. In their
discussions with each other, they talked about making comb honey,
mead, honey prices in their area,...