Feb. 22, 2021

Steven Coy - APHIS and Chinese Tallow (S3, E39)

Steven Coy, Executive Board Member of American Honey Producers Association returns to the podcast. This time, he discusses the USDA-APHIS call for comments on the elimination of the Chinese Tallow Tree and the impact the elimination of this...

Steven Coy, Executive Board Member of American Honey Producers Association (AHPA) returns to the podcast. This time, he discusses the USDA-APHIS call for comments on the elimination of the Chinese Tallow Tree and the impact the elimination of this tree could have on honey producers from Texas to Florida.

PLEASE NOTE: At the time of the podcast recording, the published comment period ended on Feb. 22. It has been extended to April 23. You have another 60 days to comment, but please do if the issue is critical to you.

Also on the show, Jim Tew stops by to talk about Honey Bee Obscura, the new weekly beekeeping podcast he and Kim host.

Links and websites mentioned in this podcast:

American Honey Producers, Chinese Tallow & APHIS - https://www.ahpanet.com/tallowinfo
APHIS Request for Comments on Chinese Tallow Tree Elimination - https://www.regulations.gov/docket/APHIS-2020-0035/document
Honey Bee Obscura Podcast - https://www.honeybeeobscura.com
WAS Mini Conference -"Bee Gut Microbiome" - https://www.westernapiculturalsociety.org/events-1

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Steven Coy

Queen Breeder/ Beekeeper/ Author

Steven Coy is president of the American Honey Producers Association (AHPA) and a third-generation beekeeper with more than 40 years of experience in commercial beekeeping. A native of Brookland, Arkansas, Steven now lives in Wiggins, Mississippi, where he owns and operates Coy Bee Company, a queen, nuc, and honey operation consisting of approximately 1,800 colonies in Mississippi.

Steven has served on the AHPA Executive Committee since 2011 and became president of the association in 2025. Throughout his career, he has worked to advance the interests of commercial beekeepers and strengthen the U.S. beekeeping industry through leadership, research, education, and public-policy involvement. He was a founding member of both the Russian Honey Bee Breeders Association and the Pollinator Stewardship Council. He has served as president of the Russian Honey Bee Breeders Association and the Mississippi Beekeepers Association. From 2013 through 2017, Steven represented the U.S. beekeeping industry on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee, where he contributed the commercial beekeeper’s perspective to national discussions concerning pesticide policy and pollinator protection.

Steven co-authored the book Russian Honey Bees, has delivered numerous presentations on Russian honey bees at state and national beekeeping meetings, sharing his practical experience and knowledge of Russian honey-bee breeding, selection, and management with beekeepers throughout the country.

Steven earned a bachelor’s degree in plant science and a m… Read More