Beekeeping Today Podcast - Presented by Betterbee

Season 1

June 28, 2019

Season One Wrap-Up: A Look Back at What Was and Forward to What Will …

In this Season One wrap-up, Jeff and Kim talk about how the show got started, talk about some of the guests on the show. Kim also interviews Jeff during the show. Who is Jeff and why is HE on the …

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June 21, 2019

Pollinator Week: Adam Allington - The Business of Bees - (031)

Adam Allington is the producer and host of the Bloomberg Environment podcast, The Business of Bees. Adam joins Jeff and Kim on this final podcast of the 2019 Pollinator Week series. Business of Bees is a six-part podcast series that …

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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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June 19, 2019

Pollinator Week: Dr. Jennifer Tsuruda, Honey Bee Pollination - (029)

Dr. Jennifer Tsuruda is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where she focuses her time on honey bee health, pollination and as the State's Extension Service apiculturist. Prior to her current position, she was the...

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June 18, 2019

Pollinator Week: Davey Hackenberg - Commercial Beekeeper - (028)

Davey Hackenberg is a second-generation of beekeeper following in the steps of his father, Dave Hackenberg, in the honey and pollination business. Davey lives in Lewisberg, PA where he and his family run Hackenberg Honey, home of Buffy Bee Honey! …

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June 17, 2019

Pollinator Week: Pollinator Partnership - Kelly Rourke & Vicki Wojcik…

is the organization responsible for bringing us Pollinator Week, so it is only fitting "P2" leads off our special week of podcasts! In 2007, Congress unanimously declared a week of June as National Pollinator Week. Pollinator Week has now grown …

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May 7, 2019

Dr. Jerry Bromenshenk/Dr. David Firth: Bee Health Guru & UoM Master B…

Dr. Jerry Bromenshenk and Dr. David Firth from the Univerisity of Montana are working together on a new application for beekeepers called . The application uses artificial intelligence (AI) to listen to the sound and based upon complex...

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April 26, 2019

Geoff Williams/Selina Bruckner: Bee Informed Partnership Annual Colon…

Dr. Geoff Williams is an assistant professor at Auburn University. He is in charge of the Bee Lab and is on the Board of the . Selina Bruckner is a PhD student in entomology at Auburn and working on the …

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April 25, 2019

Meredith May: The Honey Bus - (024)

Meredith May is a beekeeper, journalist and author who grew up in the Big Sur area, along the central California coast. Her mother withdrew from Meredith's and her brother's lives following the breakup of her marriage. The Honey Bus is …

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March 28, 2019

Jonathan Lundgren: Regenerative Agriculture and Honey Bee Health - (0…

Dr. Jonathan Lundgren is a former USDA-ARS soil scientist, having received his PhD in Entomology from the University of Illinois in 2004. Today he is Director of and CEO of . He has also recently contributed to magazine! is focused …

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March 7, 2019

Peter Nelson, Director & Beekeeper: The Pollinators Movie - (022)

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. 24, 2019

True Source Honey with Eric Wenger - (021)

Eric Wenger is the Chairman of True Source Honey, LLC - an organization created through the efforts of multiple honey companies and honey industry participants who collectively working to provide a way consumers and customers from the problems...

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Feb. 14, 2019

Dr. Reed Johnson: Insecticide Use and Toxicity in Almond Orchards - (…

In this episode, Jeff and Kim talk with Dr. Reed Johnson. Reed got his start in research beekeeping while looking for a summer job in his hometown, Missoula, Montana. He knocked on the door of Dr. Jerry Bromenshenk at the …

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Feb. 4, 2019

Dr. Tom D. Seeley: Honey Bees In The Wild - (019)

Dr. Tom D. Seeley is a Horace White Professor in Biology at Cornell University where he teaches courses on animal behavior, specializing in understanding the social life of honey bees. His scientific research focuses on the phenomenon of swarm intelligence, …

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Jan. 11, 2019

Report from the American Honey Producers Assn. Annual Meeting - (018)

Welcome to our first podcast of 2019! Well, to kickoff the year, Kim is enjoying the sights and sounds of the AHPA annual meeting and convention in Phoenix. Late in the evening, Kim gave Jeff and call and provided this …

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Dec. 26, 2018

Brad Root - Root Company, The First 50 Years - (017)

The coming year, 2019, marks the 150th anniversary of the . On this episode, Brad Root - the great, great grandson of Amos Ives Root, joins Jeff & Kim on the podcast to discuss the first 50 years of the …

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Nov. 23, 2018

Honey Connoisseur, Marina Marchese - Honey Tasting and Food Pairings …

Marina Marchese is a beekeeper and honey sommelier. She is the founder of the American Honey Tasting Society and is a frequent speaker and author on the topic of honey tasting and pairing. In this podcast, Marina joins Jeff and …

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Nov. 6, 2018

Dr. Samuel Ramsey: The Honey Bee Fat Body and the Varroa Mite - (015)

Dr. Samuel Ramsey is a life long entomologist. His interests in all things insects started in his youth along with his parent's encouragement and his siblings displeasure! He continued his studies in college (Cornell) and just recently completed his...

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Oct. 31, 2018

Shane Gebauer - Discussion on Treatment Free Beekeeping - (014)

Shane Gebauer is the President and Partner at , the catalog and online bee supply company based in Moravian Falls, NC. Shane has been keeping bees for many years and speaks nationally on beekeeping. You can also see Shane on …

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Oct. 22, 2018

Dan Conlon: It's All About The Russians (Russian honey bees, that is)…

For as long as he can remember, Dan Conlon has enjoyed and kept honey bees. When he was 50, he threw all in and went commercial with his in South Deerfield, MA along with his wife, Bonita. Today they sell …

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Oct. 8, 2018

Bill Hesbach - Bee Talks and The Connecticut Queen Breeders Cooperati…

Bill Hesbach is a long time Connecticut beekeeper, an EAS Master Beekeeper and an University of Montana Master Beekeeper. In this episode, Jeff and Kim talk with Bill about the Connecticut Backyard Beekeepers Organization, the CBA "Bee Talks"...

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Sept. 21, 2018

Dr. Warwick Kerr's Passing and His Africanized Honey Bee Legacy with …

Dr. Warwick Kerr passed on 15-Sept, leaving behind a legacy that haunted him and changed beekeeping in the America's for years to come. In this episode, the podcast visits Dr. Jim Tew in his shop in Wooster, Ohio to discuss …

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Sept. 11, 2018

BTP Sponsorship Promo - 2018

We've received questions regarding sponsorship of a Beekeeping Today Podcast episode. This is certainly possible! You can sponsor a single episode or multiple episodes. Listen to the sample here to hear how the introduction of your company's product...

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Sept. 3, 2018

Dewey Caron - Master Beekeeper Certification, Beekeeping in Oregon an…

Dr. Dewey Caron has been working to help educate beekeepers for years starting with his work with Dr. Roger Morse (Cornell) and Eastern Apiculture Society (EAS). He helped to establish the EAS Master Beekeeper Certification program and has worked with...

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