May 13, 2026: The Bee Show

If you didn’t get enough beautiful bee content yesterday, today is gonna melt your wax. Because we're going to one of only two state apiaries here in Massachusetts, nestled into the far reaches of the UMass Amherst Campus now in it's 10 year of collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR). We talk with beekeepers and researchers Kim Skyrm and Jessica Glover, don protective suits and head off to see their many hives and the residents thereof and talk about the very necessary and incredibly hard work of keeping bees in the Bay State. While there, we get to taste royal jelly and fresh honey, get in-depth on the work and lifespan of Queens, drones and workers, and hear about some of the challenges facing bees in the northeast, and more. Plus we'll let you know how you can visit the bees themselves at events around western mass this spring!