Oregon Fires - Sharon Schmidt with Kirsten (S3, E24)
This autumn wildfires cut through large swaths of Oregon, destroying towns, homes and habitat. In this episode, Kirsten talks with Sharon Schmidt, founder of Cascade Girl Apiary, who lost her home and...
9 Nov 202044min
"Show Me The Honey" with Dave Doroghy (S3, E23)
Dave Doroghy works in the worlds of advertising and sports marketing and lives on a house boat on the Frasier River in southern British Columbia near Vancouver. His discovery of beekeeping wasn't the ...
2 Nov 202046min
Organic Beekeeping and Importing Manuka: Madhu Honey with Kirsten (S3, E22)
In this episode, Kirsten sits down with Matthew Pettersson of Madhu Honey, who fell into beekeeping after a chance encounter with a giant jar of honey in a New York City apartment. Fascinated by honey...
26 Okt 20201h 1min
American Honey Tasting Society with Marina & Raffaele (S3, E21)
Marina Marchese is the President of the American Honey Tasting Society. She refined her learning and teaching skills in Italy and Raffaele Dall'Olio was one of her teachers. Today we discuss with them...
19 Okt 202055min
Comb Building & More: Michael Smith, Ph.D with Kirsten (S3, E20)
In this week's episode, guest cohost, Kirsten Traynor, editor of 2 Million Blossoms, talks with Michael Smith, Ph.D. Michael grew up in Panama, then went to boarding school in Wales, where he chanced ...
12 Okt 20201h 1min
Almond Contracts: An Economist's Analysis with Brittney Goodrich, Ph.D (S3, E19)
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 Californi...
5 Okt 20201h 1min
The Ambeessadors with Steve Rogenstein and Kirsten (S3, E18)
If you're interested in starting a honey festival in your city, you have to speak with Steve Rogenstein who founded the Ambeesadors. A former event manager, he fell in love with bees and has used his ...
28 Sep 202052min
Dewey Caron - "The Complete Bee Handbook" & More (S3, E17)
Dr. Dewey M. Caron's latest book, The Complete Bee Handbook is quite the book. Not a scientific text, not a how-to beekeeping book, but one that's meant for all those folks who think they might want t...
21 Sep 202045min
