Using CO2 to Fight Varroa Mites with Aakash Manaswi (398)
What if carbon dioxide could offer beekeepers another way to control Varroa mites? In this episode, Jeff Ott and Becky Masterman talk with award-winning high school researcher Aakash Manaswi, whose mu...
17 Aug 39min
The State of Honey Bee Health: A Tri-States Expert Panel (397)
What is the current state of honey bee health in the United States? Recorded live at the Tri-States Beekeeping Conference in Fargo, North Dakota, Jeff Ott and Dr. Becky Masterman moderate a lively pan...
10 Aug 49min
Winning At Honey with Stephanie: Preparing Honey for Competition
Preparing extracted honey for competition may seem intimidating, but according to Stephanie Slater, success comes down to patience, attention to detail, and understanding what judges are really lookin...
5 Aug 21min
Michael Mahar: Rethinking Frames, Varroa, and Bourbon Honey (396)
What happens when a beekeeper with a zoology background, a manufacturing business, and a tendency to question conventional wisdom starts redesigning beekeeping equipment? In this episode, Jeff Ott and...
3 Aug 47min
Beekeeping Education and the University of Florida Honey Bee Lab with Amy Vu (395)
Education remains one of the most powerful tools available to beekeepers, and few people exemplify that mission better than Amy Vu. As Extension Coordinator for the University of Florida Honey Bee Lab...
27 Jul 49min
The Boys and the Bees with Nehemiah Ray (394)
Sometimes the most memorable beekeeping stories have very little to do with honey production. This week, Jeff Ott and Becky Masterman welcome Nehemiah Ray, a Georgia beekeeper whose family's everyday ...
20 Jul 41min
Bee Science with Dewey Caron: The Honey Bee Dance Language
How can a honey bee with a brain smaller than a sesame seed communicate the exact location of food to thousands of nestmates? In this episode of Bee Science with Dewey, Dr. Dewey Caron explores one of...
15 Jul 25min
Beekeeping Success Around the World with Dr. Robert Owen (393)
What can beekeepers learn from Australia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Georgia, and Thailand? This week Jeff Ott and Dr. Becky Masterman welcome Dr. Robert Owen, beekeeper, educator, researcher, author...
13 Jul 55min
