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Beekeeping Today Podcast

Jeff Ott, Becky Masterman

The weekly podcast bringing beekeepers the latest news, research, and insights on honey bees. Hosted by Jeff Ott and Dr. Becky Masterman, each episode features conversations with beekeepers, scientists, authors, and industry leaders. Whether you"re just starting your first hive or managing hundreds, you"ll find practical tips, fresh perspectives, and engaging stories to inspire your beekeeping journey.

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43:44

Varroa Control with Bill Hesbach (S5, E48)

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/05/15

On today's show, we invite Connecticut Master Beekeeper, Bill Hesbach back to the show to talk about the latest developments in practical varroa management. Whether you are a long time beekeeper, aka BVD beekeeper (Before Varroa Destructor) or a new beekeeper, varroa complicate the way you learn about and manage your honey bee colony. We talk with Bill about varroa and the various management approaches available to beekeepers today. We discuss on-lable and off-lable use of chemicals (organic and

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48:22

What A Bee Knows with Stephen Buchmann (S5, E47)

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/05/08

Anyone who's watch the front entrance of a hive or watched honey bee gathering nectar and pollen from flowers on a tree or a field of flowers has wondered about the life of a bee. That ultimately leads to the wonderment of just what does a bee perceive of its environment and how does a bee use that information. In today's episode, we talk with Dr. Stephen Buchmann, who has studied and research bees and written a book, "What A Bee Knows: Exploring the Thoughts, Memories and personalities of Bees"

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44:33

Beekeeper Confidential with Mandy Shaw (S5, E46)

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/05/01

On today’s episode, Jeff and Kim talk with Mandy Shaw of the Beekeeper Confidential podcast. Mandy is a Portland, OR, beekeeper, active with the Portland Urban Beekeepers Association as President and other roles. We talk with her today about her background and love for honey bees, her podcast Beekeeper Confidential, why she started it, and what she has learned. Finally, we talk with Mandy about her beekeeper clothing line and what exactly sets it apart from other clothing available to beekeepers

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47:04

Honey Bee Longevity with Dr. Anthony Nearman (S5, E45)

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/04/24

In today's episode, we talk with Dr. Anthony Nearman on his recently published research on honey bee longivity in the lab. In fact, his research indicates that caged bees in the lab are only living half as long as bees from 50 years ago. Early in his research, he noted that bees used in research in the 1970's were living much longer than the bees in today's research. Anthony started to look deeper into the research of the standards used in the lab for the feeding and water provisioning of honey

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38:47

Eastern Apicultural Society (EAS) with Mary Duane and...

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/04/17

On today's episode, we welcome Mary Duane and Eloise (Lou) Naylor of the Eastern Apicultural Society. EAS was founded in 1955 for the "promotion of bees, education of beekeepers, certification of Master Beekeepers and excellence in bee research. EAS Master Beekeepers are recognized worldwide for their beekeeping skills and ability to educate others in the art of beekeeping. Each year, EAS hosts an annual conference in the state or province of one of their member organizations. This year, the 68th

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2023 Almond Season Updates and Tropilaelaps with John...

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/04/10

John Miller, a commercial beekeeper with Miller Honey Company in North Dakota, just finished his almond pollination season. In this episode, John returns to talk about the weather before and during his time in the orchards, the water issues almond growers are facing, the almond market and what might be in store in the future for this important part of the business. He also shares a bit about the condition of his colonies after wintering in an environmentally controlled building and what worked, and

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51:06

Drones and Mapping Drone Congregation Areas with...

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/04/03

Today, we talk with Julia Mahood, a Master Beekeeper in Georgia. Julia is fascinated with drone honey bees and especially Drone Congregation Areas. To find out more about DCA’s, she is on a quest to find as many as she can across her Georgia community. She started by reading all she could find, then went looking using an artificial queen lure on the end of a very tall stick. That didn’t work. She switched to weather balloons and that much better, so eventually she started using mechanical drones,

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52:43

Beekeeping with Fred Dunn (S5, E41)

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/03/27

There was one time when one mentioned YouTube beekeepers, the immdiate image was one of misinformation, mockery, and mistakes. But that is no longer the rule. There are great beekeepers producing great YouTube content, one of them is our guest today, Fred Dunn. Fred lives in Northwest Pennsylvania, with his many bee hives and numerous chickens, ducks and other critters. Fred joins us today to talk his life with bees and his YouTube channel. If you like watching YouTube and are looking for a good,

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45:15

Beekeeping in Arizona (S5, E40)

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/03/20

When you think of Arizona, beekeeping typically does not come to mind. On today's episode, we talk about beekeeping in Arizona with three Arizona beekeepers: Duane Combs, Joc Rawls, and Monica King. Duane has been on the podcast in the past talking about the Hive Heart line of bee hive sensors and as part of our Regional Beekeeper series. Monica is a third generation beekeeper and does cut-outs and queens, south of Tucson, and Joc is a retired veternarian, who, like Duane, keeps his colonies near

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50:05

Honey Bees and Golf At The University of Georgia with...

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/03/13

Close your eyes and think of a gold course. We’re pretty sure that when you think of the landscape and maintenance of a typical golf course, with lots trim flat greens, schedules of pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers and other chemicals - a beeyard just doesn’t fit, right? Jennifer Berry and Scott Griffith of the University of Georgia, are working to change that vision. They’ve placed a hive at the very first tee on the university’s golf course, in Athens, Georgia. Jennifer, a grad student at the

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44:15

Nina Bagley - Women in Beekeeping's Past (S5, E38)

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/03/06

Today we talk with Nina Bagley. Nina lives in Columbus, Ohio, and has a profound interest in the role women have played in beekeeping in this country. She is a county bee inspector, runs about 50 colonies in and around Columbus, and is an officer in the Ohio State Beekeepers Association. Plus she’s a University of Montana Master Beekeeper, so all in all, she has a grounding in the science and art of keeping bees. She started her quest after running across a mention of some of these women in a book

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54:26

HiveTracks: Bees as Biosensors with James Wilkes and...

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/02/27

Today we meet up again with James Wilkes, founder, and Max Rünzel, CEO, of Hive Tracks. The people at HiveTracks have raised the bar when it come to gathering data about your bees, your bee yards, the environment in which they live. The data also provides a look at what role climate change may or may not play in how well they are doing now and in the future. The data entered by beekeepers using the HiveTracks app, is analyzed and reported back to the beekeeper helping him or her make knowledge-based

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48:03

Russian Bee Program Update with Dan Conlon (S5, E36)

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/02/20

Returning today is Dan Conlon, vice president of the Russian Bee Breeders Association. Dan updates us on how the Russian bee breeding program, the status of the association and how the Covid shutdowns impacted the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab, which first introduced the Russians, and now provides breeding oversight to the group. The basics of the Russian bees is that the good traits tend to be getting better and those traits not favored by beekeepers, are being reduced. Russian bees build quickly in

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50:06

Seeds for Bees with Project Apis m. (S5, E35)

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/02/13

Density, Diversity and Duration. These are the three Project Apis m. objectives when selecting the best Seeds For Bees plantings. Today, Rory Crowley and Stetcyn Malonado join us to talk about the importance of planting ground cover in the fall so bees arriving to the almond orchards in the spring have an immediate food source. The program’s goal is to provide seeds for bees to growers of almonds in California that will be in bloom when bees begin arriving for almond pollination as early as December

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37:47

The Drayton Hive with Author Andrew Bax (S5, E34)

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/02/06

Joining us today is beekeeper and author, Andrew Bax. Andrew lives in the UK and has been keeping bees for decades. Like many of us ‘older beekeepers’, he has sought out better means of managing his colonies. Andrew switched from a UK standard hive of stacked boxes to a long hive so he didn’t have to lift supers. A standard is the UK size for a large hive, very similar to a deep box hive in the US. Andrew then decided he could improve on the long hive and began designing. Keeping the long hive

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35:29

Bee Research Update In Germany with Dr. Kirsten...

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/01/30

The last time we talked with Dr. Kirsten Traynor she had just started her new role in Germany. On today's episode we catch up with Kirsten and learn what research her students are conducting in Germany, at the University of Hohenheim, just outside Stuttgard. Of particular interest is the current research on the use of Lithium Chloride (LiCl) as a treatment against beekeepers number one foe - Varroa! We also learn a bit about the beekeeping practices in Germany and the future of Kirsten's 2 Million

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47:17

How To Taste Honey with Marina Marchese (S5, E32)

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/01/23

Returning to the podcast in this episode is Marina Marchese. Marina is back from a recent trip to Italy taking advanced courses from the Food Institute there in both learning, and teaching the skills necessary to claim the title of Connoisseur. Marina is in charge of The American Honey Tasting Society, an organization designed to teach people the intricate skills necessary to become a honey connoisseur. She is also a Member Italian Register of Experts in the Sensory Analysis of Honey. Marina and Kim

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44:44

Overwintering Bees - Experiences Of A Yukon...

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/01/16

Joining us today is Etienne Tardif. Etienne keeps his bees in the Yukon Territory, where he works as a mining consultant. His data driven approach to keeping bees relies a lot on the technology he uses, plus his study of insulated hives, and thermodynamics of winter clusters. His overwintering techniques have been very successful with no top ventilation, lots of top insulation and insulation on the inside of his insulated plastic hives. Listen today as he describes his approach to preparing his bees

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34:17

AFB Vaccine for Honey Bees with Dr. Keith Delaplane...

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/01/09

A vaccine for American Foulbrood? Really? Yes, really! We sit down with Dr. Keith Delaplane at the University of Georgia as he explains why his honey bee research lab is involved in this project, how this vaccine works, when it will be ready, and what it will mean to beekeepers around the world. The Dalan Animal Health Company, a private research firm, has figured out a way to deliver a queen honey bee the American Foulbrood bacterial extract, with the result that every egg she lays after that turns

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35:30

Bee Weaver Queens with Danny Weaver (S5, E29)

Beekeeping Today Podcast ·

2023/01/02

Today, I welcome Danny Weaver to the show. Danny comes from a long line of queen breeders and beekeepers in the Navasota, Texas area. Danny’s father, Binford, was instrumental working with Congress to establish the National Honey Board in 1987. The Weaver name is long established and trusted in beekeeping. Today, Danny talks with me about his current queen breeding operation producing varroa resistant bees, as well as the Bee Weaver Farm in Navasota. The Farm offers a bee experience to

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