Beekeeping Today Podcast - Presented by Betterbee

Pollination Management Episodes

Jan. 22, 2024

Almond Pollination and Bee Hero with CEO, Omer Davidi (S6, E32)

In this episode, we delve into a pivotal event in the North American beekeeping calendar: the annual migration of over two million honey bee colonies to California's almond orchards. This massive movement, spanning mid-February to mid-March, marks the...

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Jan. 15, 2024

Charlie Linder: From Backyard to Commercial Beekeeper (S6, E31)

Every hobbyist beekeeper eventually contemplates scaling up to a commercial operation with thousands of hives. Our podcast guest, Charlie Linder, embraced this challenge and has been forging ahead ever since. Initially, Charlie's beekeeping business...

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July 10, 2023

EFB, Native v. Apis m. and More with Dr. Andony Melathopoulos (S6, E0…

In today’s episode, we welcome back Dr. Andony Melathopoulos of Oregon State University. In this episode, Andony talks about the dual concerns surrounding European Foulbrood (EFB) and the ongoing debate between native bees and honey bees on public...

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July 3, 2023

Precision Beekeeping with Nectar Technologies' Max Cherney & Nico Coa…

On today’s show, Jeff chats with Max Cherney and Nico Coallier. Max is the Chief Operating Officer and Nico the Principal Data Scientist of Nectar Technologies. Max joined us back in . The combination of Nectar’s products: a NFC/QR tag,...

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June 19, 2023

Pollinator Week with Kelly Bills and Start of Our 6th Year! (S6, E01)

Welcome to Season 6 of Beekeeping Today Podcast! When we launched this podcast on the first day of Pollinator Week in 2018, we had no idea where the podcast would go, or how long it would continue. It is fun …

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April 10, 2023

2023 Almond Season Updates and Tropilaelaps with John Miller (S5, E43)

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...

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Feb. 13, 2023

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

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 …

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Dec. 26, 2022

The Pollinators with Director Peter Nelson - 2022 Holiday Replay (S5,…

Peter Nelson is a filmmaker, director and beekeeper. This combination of skills and passions lead to a documentary film about the business and lives of pollinators - both the two legged and six legged kind! The documentary, is currently making...

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Feb. 21, 2022

2022 Almond Season with John Miller (S4, E36)

In today episode, we welcome back Friend of the Podcast, commercial beekeeper, and longtime industry advocate, John Miller, to share with you his perspective of the 2022 almond pollination season. We caught up with John while he sat in the …

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Nov. 8, 2021

The All Important Almond Season with Dr. Brittney Goodrich (S4, E21)

We welcome back Dr. Brittney Goodrich, Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist at the University of California, Davis. Brittney joined us originally on October 5, 2020 to talk about her research on the importance of . Today, she joins us to discuss...

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Oct. 18, 2021

Beewise and Bee Hive Automation with CEO Saar Safar (S4, E18)

Imagine a completely automated beekeeping operation. Well, BeeWise has created the Bee Home, housing 24 colonies that is a solar powered, insulated, and completely automated for every beekeeping management task. Saar Safar, our guest today, was...

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Aug. 9, 2021

Bee City USA with Xerces' Molly Martin & City of Olympia's Amy Stull …

In this episode we talk first with Molly Martin, the coordinator of Bee City USA, and Bee Campus USA, both supported by the Xerces Society. The Xerces Society is as Pro Pollinator as any group can get, there’s no doubt …

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March 22, 2021

The 2021 Almond Season & Indoor Wintering with John Miller (S3, E43)

John Miller is a based in Gackle, North Dakota and New Castle, California. His family has been keeping bees since 1894. Their season starts each spring when John and his sons take their bees to the almond orchards in Central …

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Oct. 5, 2020

Almond Contracts: An Economist's Analysis with Brittney Goodrich, Ph.…

In this episode, we invited Dr. Brittney Goodrich to discuss what her research has found in almond pollination contracts. Brittney is a Cooperative Extension Specialist at the University of California, Davis. She is an Agricultural Economist and...

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June 20, 2019

Pollinator Week: Gene Brandi - California Pollinator - (030)

Gene Brandi is a West Coast beekeeper, based out of Los Banos, California. Gene is is a great spokesman for the beekeeping industry having spent over 40 years in the business. Gene is Past President of , has served as …

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