Bee Mentors

While her life was falling apart at the seams, bees and beekeepers saved Marla Spivak's life. They gave her hope and reason to be optimistic. "I owe them," she says. That debt and her love for living in a confusing, messy space at the edge of what she doesn't know, together, propelled a life that changed the landscape of American beekeeping.Transcript (host-edited)Episode sourcesSign up for email updates

Kirk Webster chased down his bee mentors and built a commercial beekeeping operation without migrating for pollination, borrowing a bunch of money, running thousands of honey-producing colonies, or using chemical treatments with no end in sight.Transcript (host-edited)Episode sourcesSign up for email updates