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About Bees, Culture & Curiosity
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About Bees, Culture & CuriosityCanada's Beekeepers at a Crossroads, with Connie Phillips
Behind commercial beekeeping are beekeepers managing colonies, replacing losses, providing pollination and trying to keep their businesses viable. In this…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityA Little Halloween Buzz
A little Halloween history, a little honey, and some little bees at the door. This short episode chats about the origins of Halloween, honey as a Halloween…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityHoney Bump and Pumpkin Bust with Joe
Season 10 Episode 6: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Honey Bump and Pumpkin Bust with Joe Support this Podcast! Like, Follow, and buy me Gallons of…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityYellow-Legged Hornets: Why Bees Stop Foraging
Season 10 Episode 5: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Yellow-Legged Hornets: Why Bees Stop Foraging A hornet hovers outside a hive. It catches a bee…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityWhy Join a Bee Society? Scott Steinfeldt on WAS
Season 10 Episode 4: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Why Join a Bee Society? Scott Steinfeldt on WAS What does a bee society offer when beekeeping…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityMore Sugar, Less Protein: Rising CO₂ in Plants and Pollen
Season 10 Episode 3: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – More Sugar, Less Protein: Rising CO₂ in Plants and Pollen More carbon dioxide helps plants grow…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityWhy is a Turkey a Turkey?
Season 10 Episode 2: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Why is a Turkey a Turkey? Why is a bird native to North America called a turkey? The answer…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityKilling the Drones
Season 10 Episode 1: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Killing the Drones As autumn arrives, worker honey bees turn against the drones they fed and…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityBuilding a Better Bee: Brother Adam to DNA
Season 9 Episode 12: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Building a Better Bee: Brother Adam to DNA Brother Adam spent his life trying to build a better…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityGetting Rid of Confusion in Beekeeper-Speak
Season 9 Episode 11: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Getting Rid of Confusion in Beekeeper-Speak What exactly is a bee colony? The answer seems…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityBees, Climate Change, Catastrophe
Season 9 Episode 10: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Bees, Climate Change, Catastrophe The tables are turned. Instead of asking the questions on…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityHelicopters, Varroa, Tech Transfer, and a Life with Bees
Season 9 Episode 9: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Helicopters, Varroa, Tech Transfer, and a Life with Bees In today's episode, we interview Matthew…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityThe Autumn Flower: Goldenrod, not really too stinky.
Season 9 Episode 8: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – The Autumn Flower: Goldenrod: not really too stinky. Goldenrod is a keystone species for plant…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityThe American Honey Queen: Bees, Education and Advocacy
Season 9 Episode 7: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – The American Honey Queen: Bees, Education and Advocacy Delanie Craighead, the 2026 American Honey…
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The End of the Honey Flow means Trouble
Season 9 Episode 6: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – The End of the Honey Flow means Trouble The honey flow is over. The supers have been extracted…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityThe 50% Honey Tariff: When a Market Disappears
Season 9 Episode 5: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – The 50% Honey Tariff: When a Market Disappears The bees made the honey. Now who will buy it? A…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityToo Hot for Bees? Arizona Heat, Drought, and Rescuing Bees
Season 9 Episode 4: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Too Hot for Bees? Arizona Heat, Drought, and Rescuing Bees Southern Arizona is beautiful bee…
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Sweet Clover: The Best Honey Plant?
Season 9 Episode 3: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Sweet Clover: The Best Honey Plant? Sweet clover is the best nectar-producing plant. Best honey…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityNo Bugs on the Windshield. Is it the Insect Apocalypse?
Season 9 Episode 2: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – No Bugs on the Windshield. Is it the Insect Apocalypse? A summer drive from Calgary to Banff used…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityWhat if a Part of Canada Leaves? Who gets the bees?
Season 9 Episode 1: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – What if a Part of Canada Leaves? Who gets the bees? What if part of Canada separates from the…
About Bees, Culture & CuriosityThe 3-in-1 Bee Tree: Linden, Lime, and Basswood
Season 8 Episode 12: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – The 3-in-1 Bee Tree: Linden, Lime, and Basswood Discover why linden, lime, and basswood trees…
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Joe's Greenhouse and Bees Philosophy
Season 8 Episode 11: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Joe's Greenhouse and Bees Philosophy Today we visit Ron's brother Joe McShaw at Honeymoon Acres…
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Left Behind: After the Honey Bee Rapture
Season 8 Episode 10: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Left Behind: After the Honey Bee Rapture What happens inside a honey bee hive after a swarm…
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Scotland through a Beekeeper's Eyes
Season 8 Episode 9: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Scotland through a Beekeeper's Eyes Join me on a journey through Scotland as I explore Edinburgh…
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Black Locust: Appalachia's Gift to World Beekeeping
Season 8 Episode 8: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Black Locust: Appalachia's Gift to World Beekeeping One of Europe's most famous honey trees…
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World Bee Day, No Mow May, and Do Bees Dream?
Season 8 Episode 7: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – World Bee Day, No Mow May, and Do Bees Dream? It's No Mow May, World Bee Day is coming up, so, of…
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Tupelo Honey: Swamps, Bees, and Southern Taste
Season 8 Episode 6: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Tupelo Honey: Swamps, Bees, and Southern Taste In this episode of About Bees, Culture, and…
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Wild Bee Care in the Spring
Season 8 Episode 5: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Wild Bee Care in the Spring This podcast episode featured Ilan Domnich, the native bee…
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Can Magnets Help Honey Bees Survive Winter?
Season 8 Episode 4: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Can Magnets Help Honey Bees Survive Winter? In this episode, we examine the unusual controversial…
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More than Packages
Season 8 Episode 3: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – More than Packages Bees can arrive in packages. Putting them into snow-covered hive boxes is…
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Dandelion: The Bee Plant That Doesn't Need Bees
Season 8 Episode 2: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Dandelion: The Bee Plant That Doesn't Need Bees Dandelions show up early. In many places, they're…
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Apitherapy and the Joy of Bee Stings
Season 8 Episode 1: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Apitherapy and the Joy of Bee Stings Happy World Apitherapy Day, March 30, marked on the birthday…
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Spring 2026 Trailer and News Briefs
Season 8 Episode 0: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Spring 2026 Trailer and News Briefs Starting off Spring 2026 with a preview of the season ahead…
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March is Orange Blossom Month
Season 7 Episode 12: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – March is Orange Blossom Month Orange Groves, Honey Bees, and a Vanishing Industry Orange blossom…
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Bee Poop, Yellow Rain, and the Bee Gut
Season 7 Episode 11: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Bee Poop, Yellow Rain, and the Bee Gut Honey bees refuse to defecate inside their hive all…
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February means Almonds
Season 7 Episode 10: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – February means Almonds Most California almond pollination takes place in late February and…
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The Apiary in a Box
Season 7 Episode 9: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – The Apiary in a Box I had a great chat with Herman van Reekum of Beekeeping Innovations and…
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Wintering at minus 50 in Singles!!
Season 7 Episode 8: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Wintering at minus 50 in Singles!! Let's go way up north to the Yukon with beekeeper Etienne…
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Sylvia Plath, the Beekeeper's Poet
Season 7 Episode 7: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Sylvia Plath, the Beekeeper's Poet Today's podcast is more about Bees and Culture, less about…
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Organic Beekeeping on the Prairies
Season 7 Episode 6: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Organic Beekeeping on the Prairies Tracey Smith, Executive Director of Organic Alberta, tells us…
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Start the Year with New Bees!
Season 7 Episode 5: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Start the Year with New Bees! In this episode, Ron Miksha and his brother Joe McShaw discussed…
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Arizona is Swarming
Season 7 Episode 4: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Arizona is Swarming It's been a bit wetter than last year in Arizona and the bees are swarming. I…
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What's Blooming in January?
Season 7 Episode 3: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – What's Blooming in January? What's Blooming in January? Not much. Unless you're in the deep…
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139 Ways your Bees Can Die
Season 7 Episode 2: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – 139 Ways your Bees Can Die Enjoy this quick overview of 139 honey bee pathogens and pests that…
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Ten Bee Predictions for 2026
Season 7 Episode 1: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Ten bee predictions for 2026 Here we go. I might be wrong more than right, but it's still worth a…
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2026 Short Trailer
Season 7 Episode 0: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – 2026 Short Trailer This trailer, our introduction to Season 7, sets the stage for season 7, the…
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2025: Ten Bee News Stories
Season 6 Episode 12 About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – 2025: Ten Bee News Stories Links to our ten featured news stories from 2025: 62% Bee Losses Honey…
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Bees or Greenhouses?
Season 6 Episode 11: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Bees or Greenhouses? Bees or Greenhouses? Which would make more money as a business? Ron chats…
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A Langstroth Christmas
Season 6 Episode 10: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – A Langstroth Christmas Let's look at the inventor of the modern North American beehive. It's…
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A Candid Chat with Alberta's (former) Agriculture Minister
Season 6 Episode 9: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – A Candid Chat with Alberta's (former) Agriculture Minister In this episode, I enjoy a…
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Buzz Pollination in the Greenhouse
Season 6 Episode 8: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Buzz Pollination in the Greenhouse I was looking around for something in bloom here in December…
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What's it like to run 6,000 hives of bees?
Season 6 Episode 7: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – What's it like to run 6,000 hives of bees? What is it like being responsible for 6,000 colonies…
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Is All Manuka Honey Fake?
Season 6 Episode 6: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Is All Manuka Honey Fake? Is all manuka honey fake? I used to think that manuka is overrated. Not…
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Philosopher-Beekeeper Richard Taylor
Season 6 Episode 5: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Philosopher-Beekeeper Richard Taylor Dr. Richard Taylor's 106th birthday memorial is this week…
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Brother Joe: Bees & Greenhouses
Season 6 Episode 4: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Brother Joe: Bees & Greenhouses Joe and I talk about neonicotinoids (and other poisons), problems…
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A Halloween Shorty
Season 6 Episode 3: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – A Halloween Shorty Do you celebrate Halloween? Beekeepers should. Listen to find out why…
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Down in October
Season 6 Episode 2: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Down in October It's October and things are shutting down here in North America - at least the…
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Apimondia 2025
Season 6 Episode 1: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Apimondia 2025 Ron is back from Apimondia Scandinavia 2025. If you missed this world bee event…
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The Autumn Flower: Goldenrod. Plus a bonus - the end of human civilization
Season 5 Episode 12: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – The Autumn Flower: Goldenrod. Plus a bonus - the end of human civilization Goldenrod is the…
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Bright Shiny Bees
Season 5 Episode 11: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Bright Shiny Bees Our guest today is Ilan Domnich of the Alberta Native Bee Council. We dig…