Regional Beekeeper Perspectives: East, Midwest and Mountain States (S2, E29)
This week, get out your traveling bee suits, because we are going to visit three different beekeepers in across the country. This time of the year, beekeepers in the US and northern hemisphere are all...
15 Touko 202056min
Bee Girl, Sarah Red-Laird with Guest CoHost Kirsten Traynor (S2, E28)
This episode is our first with guest co-host, 2 Million Blossoms editor, Kirsten Traynor. Kirsten will be our guest co-host on a regular basis bringing us interviews with young and upcoming personalit...
8 Touko 202050min
Queen and Drone Viability, Honey Fraud and Apimondia with Dr. Jeff Pettis (S2, E27)
Dr. Jeff Pettis left the USDA some time ago to pursue other avenues of research. His current work is studying issues with queens, primarily longevity, affect of pesticides, virus interactions, shippin...
1 Touko 202056min
Earth Day Special with Jonathan Lundgren Ecdysis Foundation (S2, E26)
Fifty years ago today, at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, there was a celebration of the very first Earth Day, sponsored by then Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, who had organized the event a...
21 Huhti 202049min
The Pollinator Victory Garden with Author Kim Eierman (S2, E25)
Sit back and listen while Jeff and Kim talk with Kim Eierman, founder of EcoBeneficial, and the author of The Pollinator Victory Garden, How To Win The War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Garden...
17 Huhti 202054min
Developing A Breeding Program with Sue Cobey, Dr. Tim Lawrence and Dr. Steve Sheppard (S2, E24)
Sue Cobey, Tim Lawrence and Steve Sheppard join the podcast this week to discuss their new three-part video series on how to develop an effective and productive honey bee breeding program. Topics disc...
10 Huhti 202057min
Asian Giant Hornet with WSDA's Sven-Erik Spichiger (S2,E23)
The world's largest hornet, The Asian Giant Hornet was discovered in the State of Washington in the fall of 2019. Also known as the Japanese Hornet, the Yak-Killer Hornet or the Giant Sparrow Bee, thi...
3 Huhti 20201h 4min
Bonus Episode: New Giant Honey Bee Discovery
In this bonus episode, Jeff and Kim talk about the just announced discovery of a new race of honey bees, uncovered in the Solomon Islands, Apis gigantica-nordquist, on the smallest uninhabited island,...
1 Huhti 20207min
