Ep168 Scent Communications

Did you know honey bees are able to detect lung cancer by smell? Today I share that amazing study as well as more about the scents our bees use to communicate vital info: food! danger! home! here it is! Plus updates on the bee yards, black jar honey contest, new requeening presentation, Bee Expo 2027 and more. Links mentioned in this episode: MSU researchers discover honeybees can detect lung cancer https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2024/06/msu-researchers-discover-honeybees-can-detect-lung-cancer Smells - by Kevin Cheatham-McFadden in Bee Culture https://beeculture.com/smells-2/ Not a subscriber to Bee Culture yet? https://simplecirc.com/subscribe/bee-culture North American Honey Bee Expo, Louisville KY Jan 7-9, 2027 https://www.nahbexpo.com/ Speaker Info: https://www.nahbexpo.com/speakers wishing you all a wonderful October! Leigh Not a patron yet? You are warmly invited to become a Friend of Five Apple on Patreon and join the folks who make the podcasts possible, who keep the archives available and who keep it all advertising-free. https://www.patreon.com/fiveapple In addition to huge gratitude, you get: • Detailed show notes with links, tips, comments. • Access to Patreon blog posts including tips and videos • Occasional bonus podcasts and early access episodes • DMs so I can answer your questions • Input on the podcast topics • Shout-outs on the show because I appreciate you keeping the show going and advert-free! If you can support the show please sign up today: https://www.patreon.com/fiveapple Beekeeping at Five Apple — talk, tips, and how-to on sustainable beekeeping from the Blue Ridge mountains of Southern Appalachia. Host Leigh has spent the last 16 years keeping a self-sustaining hobby apiary. She enjoys helping fellow beekeepers get off the purchased-package treadmill by introducing backyard queen-rearing via specialty splits and alternatives to non-stop chemical treatments. After a decade and a half of maintaining fully treatment-free hives, Leigh now practices a hybrid approach that blends Varroa-resistant genetics with organic tools for thriving bees and minimal use of treatments. She enjoys sharing strategies with bee clubs across the country via zoom, speaking on specialty splits (so you never have to buy a package again), simple frame-based queen rearing, requeening approaches and ways to increase VSH genetics in your own backyard. Leigh’s podcast Beekeeping at Five Apple Farm—with over 300K downloads— makes these and other topics available free, anytime.