Bee Audacious with Bonnie Morse and Kirsten (S3, E16)
The Bee Audacious conference brought together beekeeping luminaries like Mark Winston, Marla Spivak, Tom Seeley and many others. The event was created and organized by Bonnie Morse, who recently sat d...
14 Sep 202047min
The Honey Bee Veterinary Consortium with Allie and Britteny (S3, E15)
In today's episode we talk to Britteny Kyle, DVM, President of the Honey Bee Veterinary Consortium (HBVC) and Alexzandra (Allie) Mosel, DVM, who is the President Elect. Both are beekeepers and small a...
7 Sep 202049min
Honey and the Good Food Awards with Sarah Weiner and Mark Carlson (S3, E14)
In today's episode we talk with Sarah Weiner, the Executive Director of the Good Food Awards Foundation and Mark Carlson, the Committee Co-Chair of the Honey Category. Sarah brings a global perspectiv...
31 Aug 202053min
Weird Bee Behaviors - Dr. Rachael Bonoan with Kirsten (S3, E13)
In this episode, Kirsten Traynor meets up with Dr. Rachael Bonoan, a bee biologist and ecologist. Bees have some unusual and quirky behaviors. They discuss bumble bee high fives, why honey bees like s...
24 Aug 202048min
Strong Microbials with Drs. Vera and Slava Strogolova (S3, E12)
Strong Microbials got their start producing probiotics to improve the health of cattle, dairy cows, poultry and swine. Their products improved animal food digestion resulting in overall animal health....
17 Aug 202059min
Beekeeping Downunder: Simeon Valkenburg with Kirsten (S3, E11)
In this episode, Kirsten chats with commercial beekeeper Simeon Valkenburg, who runs a commercial operation with his brother in Australia. He talks about building up their commercial operation from sc...
10 Aug 202056min
Bee Optimism with Dr. Jay Evans (S3, E10)
Dr. Jay Evans is the Research Leader at the USDA Honey Bee Research Lab in Beltsville Maryland. He and the resident scientists there are involved in many projects, including mite studies, nutrition su...
3 Aug 202054min
Madeleine Ostwald with Kirsten Traynor (S3, E9)
This week, guest co-host Kirsten Traynor joins us with Madeleine Ostwald. Madeleine studies bees, having worked with both honey bees and carpenter bees. When days get hot, we seek out ways to cool off...
27 Jul 202038min
