Arboreal Apiculture Salon

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Salon No.49 with Ivan Pigarev

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2026/09/08

Few people combine backgrounds in computational mathematics, farming, publishing, and beekeeping quite like Ivan. Father of a large family and a graduate of the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics at Lomonosov Moscow State University, he has devoted the past decade to the study of honey bees, their biology, and the promotion of apiology throughout Russia. Ivan is the founder of the Association for Natural Beekeeping in Russia and a passionate science communicator, delivering

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Salon No. 48 - Michael Thiele and Benjamin Rutschmann

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2026/06/18

Five Years of Listening: What the Bees at Galbreath Are Teaching Us In this podcast we are delighted share the results of five years of ecological monitoring at Galbreath Wildlands Preserve, one of the most sustained observations of honeybee colonies living as part of a wild landscape anywhere in the US. Michael Thiele, founder of Apis Arborea, is joined by Dr. Benjamin Rutschmann, visiting from Germany, to walk us through what this long-term work has revealed. Among the findings: colony lifespans

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01:00:44

Salon No. 47 with Steve Rogenstein and Arrigo Moro

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2026/05/29

A major development has recently emerged in pollinator conservation. Wild honeybees in parts of Europe have now been classified as Endangered on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. What does this designation mean for honeybees, ecosystems, and the future of pollination? In this Arboreal Apiculture Salon, we explore the scientific, ecological, and conservation implications of this landmark recognition. The conversation examines the status of free-living honeybee

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01:02:15

Salon No 46. with Constanza Prieto Figelist and Dr....

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2026/04/26

It was an honor to welcome Constanza Prieto Figelist, Latin American Legal Director at the Earth Law Center, and Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza, a leading voice in the global movement to protect wild pollinators and the Amazon, as our guests for Salon #46. They share their advocacy for the recognition of the rights of stingless bees in the Amazon and the broader legal frameworks emerging to protect them.

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01:00:55

Salon No. 45 with Laura Pustarfi, Ph.D.

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2026/03/23

We are honored to welcome Laura Pustarfi, Ph.D. to the Salon. Laura is Director of the Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research Certificate Program and a lecturer in Philosophy and Religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Her work bridges plant studies, integral ecology, environmental philosophy, and psychedelic scholarship. She is co-editor of The Wisdom of Trees: Thinking Through Arboreality and serves on the board of The Plant Initiative, with ongoing contributions to the

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Salon No. 44 with Dr. Robert Mutisi

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2026/02/16

It was an honor to have Dr. Robert Mutisi from Zimbabwe as our guests at the Salon. Robert is a professional forester who specialises in commercial and social forestry plantation development. A passionate beekeeper and trainer who contributes to improved African beekeeping systems that addresses sustainable issues related to poverty, hunger, and the environment. Robert has pioneered a Nature-based Beekeeping approach in Zimbabwe where communities in marginal areas have realised their potential. The

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46:57

Salon No. 43 With Bas Blaasse

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2025/12/26

It was an honor to have Bas Blaasse as our guest at the Salon. He is a writer, researcher, and filmmaker based in Brussels. His work explores the intersections of art, visual culture, philosophy, and ecology-often tracing connections between aesthetic practices and the conceptual or material realities they engage with. Together with artist Aladin Borioli, he published the book "Bannkörbe", an anthology of ceremonial use of masks in historical beekeeping. His current research focuses on collective

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01:05:44

Salon No. 42 with Dr Keith Delaplane

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2025/11/06

It's an honor to have Dr. Keith S. Delaplane as our guest. Keith is Professor Emeritus of Entomology at the University of Georgia where he served as Director of the honey bee program there between 1990-2024. Research by Keith, his students, and coworkers resulted in hundreds of publications including over 70 refereed research papers, 7 books, and 5 book chapters ranging across basic honey bee (and termite) biology, health management, pollination, and social evolution, garnering over 6300 citations

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01:00:40

Salon No. 41 with Jovana Bila Dubaić - Citizen...

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2025/10/06

Jovana Bila Dubaić is a Doctor of Environmental Sciences at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade. Her scientific field covers biodiversity protection and invasive species ecology. Her PhD thesis topic covered “Diversity of the Wild Bees in Belgrade: faunistic overview, patterns of distribution and status assessment of the chosen group population”. More about the research she does at the Faculty read here https://srbee.bio.bg.ac.rs/srbee and her instagram page can be found at:

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42:57

Salon No.40 With Maggie Shanahan, PhD & Héctor...

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2025/07/16

We were honoured to welcome Héctor Morales Urbina and Maggie Shanahan as our guests to Salon #40. They both are beekeepers and bee researchers from Chiapas, Mexico and the United States, respectively. Maggie shares some broad context around beekeeping in Chiapas and compare and contrast beekeeping systems in the U.S. and Mexico. Héctor talks about how beekeepers in Chiapas and their use traditional ecological knowledge to better care for their bees and discusses the ways that the Chiapa culture

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59:12

Salon No. 39 With Kaylin Kleckner - Bee-lining in the...

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2025/05/12

Kaylin Kleckner is a PhD Candidate at the University of Florida Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory. Through collaboration with Rhodes University, Kaylin conducts field research with wild and unmanaged honey bees in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. She used beelining techniques to locate 130 nest sites to study nesting ecology, population structure, and disease dynamics. Long term, she aims to inform local land management decisions and pollinator conservation initiatives in Africa.

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Salon No. 36.5 (Brasil Português) Com Felipe Mendes -...

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2025/04/20

Neste podcast, conversamos com Felipe Mendes, do Brasil. Felipe é um apicultor e consultor arbóreo e biodinâmico, pioneiro em abordagens inovadoras de manejo animal por meio do uso de TreeNests (colmeias em toras). Ele trabalha com híbridos de Apis mellifera scutellata (abelhas africanizadas) e colaborou com o Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) no Brasil, um movimento social que ocupa terras agrícolas não utilizadas para promover a agricultura sustentável e a autossuficiência

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Salon No. 38 With Susan Murphy - How Zen Koans can...

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2025/03/31

In this Salon we are joined by Dr Susan Murphy Roshi from Australia. Susan is a distinguished Zen teacher with a profound interest in the intersection of Zen practice and indigenous Australian concepts of 'care for country'. For 25 years, she co-led walks in Country with the late, highly respected indigenous Elder, Dulumunmun, Uncle Max Harrison, exploring the deep connections between these traditions. Susan's work emphasizes the transformative power of Zen koans in addressing life's challenges,

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Salon No. 37 With Dylan Ryals - Where Wild Things Are

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2025/03/12

Dylan Ryals is a life-long beekeeper with experience working on commercial pollination and queen-rearing apiaries. He is currently a PhD student under Dr. Brock Harpur at Purdue University where he studies honey bee genetics and breeding. He will speak on his ongoing research uncovering bee ancestry, genetic diversity, and population structure across the United States with special attention to feral and non-commercial populations.

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Salon No. 36 With Felipe Mendes - Log hives in Brazil...

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2025/02/09

In this podcast, we will speak with Felipe Mendes from Brazil. Felipe is an arboreal and biodynamic beekeeper and consultant, pioneering innovative approaches to animal stewardship through the use of TreeNests (log hives). He works with Apis mellifera scutellata hybrids (Africanized bees) and has collaborated with the Landless Workers’ Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra - MST) in Brazil, a social movement that occupies unused farmland to promote sustainable agriculture and

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Salon No. 35 With Dr. Jamie Ellis - Do Bee Colonies...

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2024/12/22

Dr. Ellis is the Gahan Endowed Professor of Entomology in the Entomology and Nematology Department at the University of Florida. At the University of Florida, Dr. Ellis has responsibilities in extension, instruction and research related to honey bees. Regarding his extension work, Dr. Ellis created the UF/IFAS Bee Colleges and the UF/IFAS Master Beekeeper Program. As an instructor, Dr. Ellis supervises Ph.D. and masters students. Dr. Ellis and his team conduct research projects in the fields of

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Salon No. 34 With Ollie Visick - Wild Honey Bees in...

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2024/10/26

It is on honor to have Ollie Visick from the University of Sussex, UK, as our guest at the Salon. Ollie Visick is a fourth-year PhD student at the University of Sussex, UK, studying wild honey bee colonies under the supervision of Professor Francis Ratnieks. His main areas of research are wild colony density and nest site availability. He has reviewed the colony density literature and conducted his own surveys in southeast England. He is monitoring over 40 honey bee nest sites on 6 estates in

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Salon No. 33 With Fred Pearce - The New Wild

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2024/09/10

In this epidsode we are joined by Fred Pearce, author of The New Wild - Why Invasive Species will be Nature's Salvation, Economists book of the year 2015. Fred is an award-winning author and journalist based in London. He has reported on environmental, science, and development issues from eighty-five countries over the past twenty years. Environment consultant at New Scientist since 1992, he also writes regularly for the Guardian newspaper and Yale University’s prestigious e360 website. Pearce was

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Salon No. 32 With Peter Neumann

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2024/08/17

In this podcast we are joined by Prof. Peter Neumann, the Vinetum professor of the Institute of Bee Health at the University of Bern. His reaserach covers all aspects of all aspects of bee health with focus on behavioural, evolutionary and molecular ecology of honey bees and their pathogens. Peter has been the adjunct Professor, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, researching ectoparasitic mites Tropilaelaps spp. and Varroa spp. Peter has also been Chair of the

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Salon No. 31 With Derek Mitchell

Arboreal Apiculture Salon ·

2024/03/10

In this podcast we learn that through math(s) we can prove that some of our long held beliefs about honeybees are wrong. Derek Mitchell researches into the heat transfer of man-made and natural honeybee nests at the School of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Leeds where he has recently completed his Phd with a thesis entitled “The Thermofluid engineering of the honeybee nest (Apis Mellifera) . He has had articles published in Beecraft, Bee Culture, American Bee Journal and Natural Honey

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