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Season 3 Episode 10: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Spring feeding
Before we look at spring feeding strategies in the northern part of the northern hemisphere, we take a detour through a few important news stories, including the effect tariffs might have on honey sent from Canada to the USA, Apimondia in Denmark, the death of Gene Hackman, and a trial chemical treatment that might help bees withstand pesticide poisoning.
In our main theme, we critique a half dozen popular spring feeding methods. How does your favourite feeding technique stack up?
Bonus link: Apimondia 2025
This episode was recorded in March, 2025.
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Season 3 Episode 9: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Packages or Overwintered Colonies?
We begin this episode – which is mostly about honey production using package bees – with a quick look at gloomy Denmark, where this year’s big international bee fest is being held. That, of course, leads us to a discussion about the wealth of nations (not to be confused with Adam Smith’s book), before finally circling back to packages of honey bees.
What works better – packages or overwintered honey bee colonies? It depends on location, but we come out in favour of packages here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Find out why.
Bonus link: Apimondia 2025
This episode was recorded in March, 2025.
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Season 3 Episode 8: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – The Bee Shop
We visit Robert McBane and his brilliant beautiful bee supply shop in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Discussion flows from helping new beekeepers choose the right equipment to the establishment of a large retail beekeeping supply company, with lots of stops in between.
Worker and Hive: https://workerandhive.com/
This episode was recorded in February, 2025.
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Season 3 Episode 7: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – The Bees are Still Dying
The bees are still dying. It's looking really bad for the survival of bees and beekeepers.
This episode was recorded in February, 2025.
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Season 3 Episode 6: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – The Bees are Dying Part 2
The bees are dying. In part 2 of this 2-part podcast, we look at how devasting honey bees losses have been the during past year and we look at the enormous loss of wild (native) bee species. It's not good out there.
This episode was recorded in February, 2025.
Some links mentioned in this podcast:
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/native_pollinators/pdfs/Pollinators_in_Peril.pdf
https://capabees.com/shared/CAPA-Statement-on-Colony-Losses-2023-2024_FV.pdf
https://www.beeculture.com/national-survey-indicates-highest-bee-colony-losses-in-14-years/
https://www.ontario.ca/document/annual-apiculture-winter-loss-reports/2023-apiculture-winter-loss-report
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/discover-our-research/environment/sustainable-society-and-policy/nz-colony-loss-survey/2023-colony-loss-survey/
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Season 3 Episode 5: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – The Bees are Dying Part 1
The bees are dying. In part 1 of this 2-part podcast, we look at how devasting honey bees losses have been the during past year and we look at the enormous loss of wild (native) bee species. It's not good out there.
This episode was recorded in February, 2025.
Some links mentioned in this podcast:
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/native_pollinators/pdfs/Pollinators_in_Peril.pdf
https://capabees.com/shared/CAPA-Statement-on-Colony-Losses-2023-2024_FV.pdf
https://www.beeculture.com/national-survey-indicates-highest-bee-colony-losses-in-14-years/
https://www.ontario.ca/document/annual-apiculture-winter-loss-reports/2023-apiculture-winter-loss-report
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/discover-our-research/environment/sustainable-society-and-policy/nz-colony-loss-survey/2023-colony-loss-survey/
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Season 3 Episode 4: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Winter Bee News Roundup
This episode covers some recent papers and news, including the discovery of a new bees species in France, native bees used for crop pollination, a Tropilaelaps (Tropy) Mite invasion in Georgia (Europe), and a robot-bee designed to scatter pollen. As usual, we blunder far off topic and that might be the best part of today's podcast.
This episode was recorded in January, 2025.
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Season 3 Episode 3: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Growing up on a Bee Farm
We talk with Monica King, who captures wayward Africanized Honey Bees in Arizona, and her brother Ted Miksa, manager of a Florida queen-breeding outfit. They talk about being the children of pioneering commercial migratory beekeeping parents, Linda and David Miksa. We chat about migrating with the bees, keeping kids safe from bee-sting allergies, and learning the beekeeping trade.
This episode was recorded in January, 2025.
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Season 3 Episode 2: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Winter Beekeeping in Alberta
Ah, winter in the near-Arctic! It's amazing that honey bees can survive here in Alberta, Canada, but they sometimes do. In this episode, we look at some tips and tricks that cold-climate beekeepers should know. Warm-climate beekeepers may pick up a few useful ideas, too.
This episode was recorded in January, 2025.
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Season 3 Episode 1: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Waxing with Jessie
We meet Jessie Smulders at Worker and Hive to learn about beeswax, candles, wax crayons, food wraps, and lip balms. We cover it all - from the honey bee to the match stick. And yes, folks, we learn that size really does matter.
Jess's website: Green Box Bees: https://www.greenboxbees.com/
Worker and Hive Bee Supplies:: https://workerandhive.com/
This episode was recorded in January, 2025.
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Season 3 Episode 0: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Season 3 Trailer
The start of a new year and a new podcast season! We take a quick look at the episodes lined up for the year ahead - and we learn what some older beekeepers think of some newer beekeepers.
This episode was recorded in January, 2025.
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Season 2 Episode 12: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Starting the New Year Right!
We bring in the 2025 beekeeping year with Bill Rayment, an Alberta legend among beekeepers. Bill recounts getting started with bees (and some advice for all new beekeepers), then catches us up on some of his retirement projects: mentoring Calgary beekeepers, working with the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society's Land of Dreams, supplying queen bees for Alberta beekeepers, and making brilliant specialized beekeeping equipment with his 3-D printer.
This episode was recorded in December, 2024.
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Season 2 Episode 11: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Bye Bye '24
Our penultimate 2024 episode involves two very big 2024 news stories (Murder Hornets and Importing USA packages into Canada) and a look at Real Deal Honey, Bidzina's label that sponsors Mixed Martial Arts fighters. Definitely an eclectic podcast episode. Enjoy!
This episode was recorded in December, 2024.
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Season 2 Episode 10: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – The Christmas Gift
Thanks to Langstroth's Mom's Christmas gift to the world, we celebrate L.L. Langstroth in this special Christmas episode. Langstroth, born on Christmas Day in 1810, discovered bee space and invented a pragmatic hive with moveable frames. His story is froth with trials, lawsuits, rejection, and especially his profound suffering from a mental illness that gave little respite. But his story is also inspirational. Enjoy this and have a nice Christmas holiday season.
This episode was recorded in December, 2024.
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Season 2 Episode 9: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – The Shortest Day
What do bees do on the shortest day of the year? We take a quick look at the state of affairs of bumble bees, after turning their blood into antifreeze and entering a suspended animation under the snow, and then honey bees, clustered up tightly in a snug bug ball, vibrating their detatched wing muscles.
Honey bee wintering capped brood map
This episode was recorded in December, 2024.
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Season 2 Episode 8: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Granulated Honey
This episode focuses on granulation, with special attention to four keys for prevention of crystallization in the comb. Some floral types (canola, manzanita, mesquite, cotton) can granulate before beekeepers have a chance to remove and extract the frames. We cover this, some ecology side-issues, and catch the sniffles and growls of a little white dog named Misty.
This episode was recorded in September, 2024.
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Season 2 Episode 7: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – About Bees Podcast
We begin with a bit of talk about road trips and especially an eleven-hour drive that Ron was preparing to take in September to Val Marie, Saskatchewan, from Calgary, Alberta.
Then, we open the mailbox to answer these questions:
Can a hive of honey bees be too good for winter?
Do I have to wrap hives with insolation for winter?
What about beewashing? Beewashing is not my friend.
Can honey cure tuberculosis, cancer, and hairloss?
What are the logistics of cleaning up a bee spill off a truck on a highway?
Why should I use chemicals if my bees will build resistance to mites and diseases if I leave them alone?
Will it help my honey bees if I plant ten acres of flowers on my property?
This episode was recorded in September, 2024.
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Season 2 Episode 6: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – What would Plato do with Drones?
Ah, yes. Our philosopher-contributor is back. Daniel Miksha shows us how Plato abuses bees by making them into an allegory for the ruthless (but ultimately justified) murder of unproductive members of society. After a brief detour into the early history of Greece and the nation of Georgia, we focus on Plato's Republic and the ancient Greek philosopher's five forms of government, of which (in Plato's mind), democracy is one of the worst. Why? Because of the drones, of course.
Aristotle says worker bees must be males
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Season 2 Episode 5: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – HiveIQ: A Smart Hive from Australia
In this episode, we welcome Victor Croker of Australia’s HiveIQ. Victor is a third-generation beekeeper (his grandmother started the business), with 1500 colonies. The bees motivated him and his partners to design a better hive. They wanted something to help honey bees survive Australia’s heat as well as the cold on other continents. The result is a modular hive of a smart and attractive design.
Our conversation ranges from an overview of Australia’s honey sources, beekeeping history, native bees, and the arrival of Apis cerana to the health of honey bees and the creation of the HiveIQ beehive.HiveIQ Link
Worker and Hive Link
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Season 2 Episode 4: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Saskatchewan Honey Crops & Westcoast Canadian Queen Rearing with Steve Clifford
Steve Clifford's lifetime among the bees has taken him from North Dakota bee inspector to managing 1800 colonies in Saskatchewan, at the edge of agriculture. He kept bees there for decades, producing two or three-hundred pound crop averages of beautiful white Canadian honey. He saw the transition away from package-beekeeping in Canada to nearly universal over-wintering in the far north.
Recently, Steve has moved to the mild Canadian westcoast and set up a queen and nuc business. In this episode, we walk, step-by-step, through Steve's queen cell production system. We get a great view of honey production and queen breeding from a real expert!
Steve's YouTube video: raising queen cells, start to finish
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