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Two Bees in a Podcast — 257 episodes
Episode 249: Harnessing Biotechnology for Pollinator Health with Dr. Vincent Ricigliano
Episode 248: Varroa Biology and Pesticide Research with Dr. Kirsten Traynor
Episode 247: Chemical Transfer Within Honey Bee Hives with Angela Encerrado-Manriquez
Episode 246: International Beekeeper Education with Bo Sterk
Episode 245: The Irish Honey Bee with Dr. Grace McCormack
Episode 244: Beekeeping Advisory Services in Sweden with Lotta Kristiansen
Episode 243: The Ins and Outs of Podcasting with Jeff Ott and Dr. Becky Masterman from Beekeeping Today
Episode 242: Varroa Biology, Evolution and Control with Dr. Nurit Eliash
Episode 241: Beekeeping in Guam with Christopher Rosario
Episode 240: Understanding Norroa with Adam Pachl
Episode 239: Invasive Species in Beekeeping with Dr. David Peck
Episode 238: Exploring Non-Apis Bees with Dr. Josh Campbell
Episode 237: Honey Bee Queen Genetics with Dr. Garett Slater
Episode 236: Survivor Populations of Honey Bees with Raffaele Dall’Olio
Episode 235: Viral Infections in Honey Bee Queens with Dr. Leonard Foster
Episode 234: Writing, Beekeeping, and Inspiring Young Beekeepers with Patti Sherlock
Episode 233: Understanding Honey and Botulism with Dr. Joshua Jakum
Episode 232: Bee Inspection in the UK with Jack Silberrad
Episode 231: Breeding Mite Biting Bees with Krispn Given
Episode 230: Product Development in the Honey Bee World with Dale McMahan
Episode 229: Honey Bee Nutrition with Dr. Ramesh Sagili
Episode 228: Apiary Inspectors of America with Brooke Decker & Ali Panasiuk
Episode 227: Beekeeping Research in India with Dr. Neloy Chakroborty
Episode 226: Honey Bee Colony Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa with Dr. Beatrice Nganso
Episode 225: Yellow-Legged Hornet Management with David Williams
Episode 224: Chinese Tallow Research in the U.S. with Dr. Pierre Lau and Jennifer Standley
Episode 223: Small Hive Beetle Research with Dr. Bram Cornelissen
Episode 222: Honey Bee Viruses with Dr. Michelle Flenniken
Episode 221: Bioacoustics in Honey Bee Hives with Dr. Reed Johnson
Episode 220: Understanding the Effects of Apiary Population Density on Colonies with Dr. Ashley Mortensen
Episode 219: Building a Beekeeping Business with Tara Chapman
Episode 218: Using Genetic Analysis to Choose Breeding Candidates with Dylan Ryals
Episode 217: A New Varroa Control Method with Ron Korkidi
Episode 216: Varroa Introduction in Australia with Dave Fairhall and Emily Noordyke
Episode 215: Sharing Beekeeping Knowledge on YouTube with David Burns
Episode 214: Commercial Beekeeping in Australia with Peter Barnes
Episode 213: International Beekeeping Programs with Dr. Cooper Schouten
Episode 212: Honey Bee Nutrition and Unmanaged Bees with Dr. Juliana Rangel
Episode 211: Honey Bee Health with Dr. Jon Zawislak
Episode 210: Beekeeping in Turkey with Dr. Irfan Kandemir
Episode 209: The Better-B Project with Dirk de Graaf
Episode 208: Mosquito Impacts on Honey Bee Colonies with Lena Barascou
Episode 207: Wild Honey Bee Research with Jamie Ellis
Episode 206: Colony Inspections with Eric Malcolm
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Episode 205: European Foulbrood with Meghan Milbrath
Episode 204: The American Bee Journal with Eugene Makovec
Episode 203: Insignia-EU with Norman Carreck
Episode 202: Beekeeping in South Africa with Mike Allsopp
Episode 201: Beekeeping in Greece with Antonios Tsagkarakis
Episode 200: Leveling Up Your Beekeeping Business with Amy Vu
Episode 199: Almond Pollination Contracts with Brittney Goodrich
Episode 198: Honey Bees, Native Bees, and Updates with Dr. Melathopoulos
Episode 197: Hangry Bees
Episode 196: The BeeMD and Citizen Scientist
Episode 195: Monetization Beyond Bees and Honey
Episode 194: BeeGuards
Episode 193: Winter Bees
Episode 192: Pathogen Spillover
Episode 191: Datasets on Diseases and Pests in the United States
Episode 190: The “Medicinal Properties of Honey” CURE Class
Episode 189.5: FSBA License Plate
Episode 189: Honey Bee Disaster Response Team
Episode 188: Tropilaelaps
Episode 187: Consuming Irradiated Royal Jelly
Episode 186: Commercial Beekeeping: Queen Production, Pollination, and Package Production
Episode 185: Commercial Honey Bees and Non-native Probiotics
Episode 184: Hive Orientation and Colony Strength Affect Honey Bee Colony Activity During Almond Pollination
Episode 183: Beescape
Episode 182: High Pesticide Exposure and Risk to Bees in Pollinator Plantings Adjacent to Conventionally Managed Blueberry Fields
Episode 181: Nano Colonies
Episode 180: Wild Honey Bee Colonies and Research in South Africa
Episode 179: Colony Size, Rather Than Geographic Origin of Stocks
Episode 178: Doctor Keith Delaplane on Biogeography Evolution: Part Two
Episode 177: Doctor Keith Delaplane on Biogeography Evolution: Part One
Episode 176: The EPIQ Program (Education about Production and Insemination of Queens)
Episode 175: The Honey Factory
Episode 174: Hygiene-Eliciting Brood Semiochemicals as a Tool for Assaying Honey Bee Colony Resistance to Varroa
Episode 173: The Nutritional Landscape in Agroecosystems
Episode 172: Breeding for Varroa Resistance
Episode 171: Honey Bee Stings from a Medical Perspective
Episode 170: Indoor Overwintering Bees
Episode 169: Mental Wellness and Beekeeping
Episode 168: Beekeeping with Larry Connor
Episode 167: Honey Bee Clustering
Episode 166: Environmental DNA
Episode 165: Structural Bee Removal
Episode 164: The Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP) Program
Episode 163: Sideline Beekeeping in Ecuador
Episode 162: Amitraz Resistance in Varroa
Episode 161: Darwinian Beekeeping
Episode 160: Vespa velutina: The Yellow-Legged Hornet
Episode 159: Farm Safety and H2A
Episode 158: Global Beekeeping
Episode 157: Backyard Beekeeping and Minimizing Losses
Episode 156: Commercial Beekeeping
Episode 155.5: Special Announcement
Episode 155: Hearing about Honey bee Nutrition
Episode 154: Addressing Food Insecurity with The Herban Bee
Episode 153: Beekeeping in Brazil
Episode 152: Discovering Bee Data with HiveTracks App
Episode 151: PAm Bridging Research and Beekeepers
Episode 150: Beekeeping in Thailand
Episode 149: Drones Galore!
Episode 148: The Cape Honey Bee and Small Hive Beetles
Episode 147: Generational Beekeeping and Queen Breeding with Ted Miksa
Episode 146: Getting to know Hives for Heroes
Episode 145: Bees on the Dance Floor (aka, the Virginia Landscape)
Episode 144: Getting Ready for EAS
Episode 143: All About the Commercial Beekeeping, Honey! with Bob Binnie
Episode 142: All About Extension, Honey! with Jason Graham
Episode 141: Testing Bee Genes
Episode 140: Controlling Pests and Pathogens with Sunflowers
Episode 139: All About the Money, Honey! with Sierra Malnove
Episode 138: Guessing Hive Size and Strength with Infrared Technology
Episode 137: All About the Farmers Markets, Honey! with Beth Murphy
Episode 136: Let's Talk about the Bee Informed Partnership
Episode 135: Shipping Queen Cells
Episode 134: The Many Arts of Beekeeping with Karen Boger
Episode 133: All About the Money, Honey! with Melanie Kirby
Episode 132: Student Beekeeping in Thailand
Episode 131: Follow-up on Microplastics
Episode 130: Controlling Varroa Through Genetic Technology
Episode 129: All About the Money, Honey! with Virginia Webb
Episode 128: Catching up with Two Bees
Bonus Episode: Final Stump the Chump 2022
Happy New Year, Beekeepers!
Episode 127: Varroa Control Methods in Ontario
Episode 126: December Monthly Management
Episode 125: Overwintering Colonies -- Indoor or Outdoor?
Episode 124: Sub-Arctic Beekeeping
Episode 123: Climate Effects on Honey Bee Food Source
Episode 122: November Monthly Management
Episode 121: The Origins of Honey Bees
Episode 120: Finding Pesticide Residue in Nectar and Pollen
Episode 119: Moving Honey Bees in U.S. and Territories
Episode 118: How Honey Bees Respond to Viruses
Episode 117: October Monthly Management
Episode 116: Chemical Testing for Varroa Management
Episode 115: The Growth of Urban Beekeeping
Episode 114: September Monthly Management
Episode 113: Temperature Changes and Varroa Infestation
Episode 112: Effect of Microplastics on Honey Bees
Episode 111: Honey Bee Nutrition Using Feed Supplements
Episode 110: August Monthly Management
Episode 109: Accessible Beekeeping
Episode 108: How Insecticides Impact Colonies
Episode 107: Effects of Insect Growth Disruptors on Honey Bees
Episode 106: July Monthly Management
Episode 105: Use of Essential Oils Against Varroa destructor
Episode 104: June Management
Episode 103: Pesticides in Wax and Queen Health
Episode 102: Cottage Food Laws and Selling Honey
Episode 101: Pollen Treatment Agrochemicals and the Livelihood of Queens
Episode 100: Special Edition May Management
Episode 99: Sideline Beekeeping with Kent Pegorsch
Episode 98: Nursing Larvae Communication
Episode 97: Evaluating European and American Foulbrood Diagnostic Methods
Episode 96: April Monthly Management
Episode 95: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Changes in Beekeeping
Episode 94: The Swiss Beekeeping Concept
Episode 93: The Architectural Abilities of Honey Bees
Episode 92: March Monthly Management
Episode 91: Nutrition and Viral Resilience
Episode 90: Tylosin Exposure Impacts on Honey Bees
Episode 89: Testing New Compounds Against Varroa
Episode 88: Visitation Rates and Colony Stocking Disease
Episode 87: Enzyme Microparticles and Reducing Toxicity in Managed Hives
Episode 86: Evaluating the Extreme Weather Impacts on Wild Bee Populations
Special Episode: American Beekeeping Federation Conference & Tradeshow
Episode 85: Pollen Substitute Patties in Western Honey Bees & How to Collect Propolis
Episode 84: Honey Bees on the Move; From Pollination to Honey Production and back & How to Collect Pollen
Episode 83: Honey Bees Being at Risk from Microplastics & How to Process Wax
Episode 82: Pristine Impairing Olfactory Associative Learning in Honey Bees and Naturally Florida Podcast & How to Collect Wax
Episode 81: Cannabis Sativa & Bee Health & Management of Honey Bee Pests: Mammals
Episode 80: Balanced Diet in Bees & Bottling Honey
Episode 79: Impacts on Introduced Honey Bees on Australian Bee- Flower Network & Processing Honey
Episode 78: Evolution of Metarhizium Fungus & Making Honey
Episode 77: Bee Communication During Collective Defense & Harvesting Honey
Episode 76: Toxic Pesticide Use During Almond Bloom & Management of Honey Bee Pests
Episode 75: Honey Bee Toxicology & Management of Honey Bee Pests
Episode 74: Creating a Standard of Honey Identity in the U.S & Management of Honey Bee Pest
Episode 73: Supporting Bees in Urban Spaces & Management of Honey Bee Pests
Episode 72: Guide to Varroa Mite Control & Management of Honey Bees
Episode 71: Impacts of Management Practices on Bee Health & Management of Honey Bee Pests
Episode 70: Impacts of Urbanization on Bees & Mitigating Bee Threat
Episode 69: Understanding Pesticide Labels & Knowing Your Beekeeping Goals
Episode 68: Repellency of Some Fungicides to Honey Bees & Sting Management
Episode 67: Insulating your Hives in Summer & Sting Management
Episode 66: European Honey Bees & Sting Management
Episode 65: Infectious Disease Biology & Startup Cost
Episode 64: Heroes to Hives & Basic Swarm Management Techniques
Episode 63: Drone Contributions Impacting Queen Success & Stimuli that Lead to Swarming
Episode 62: Honey Bee Waggle Dance & Hive Type Perspectives
Episode 61: Beekeeper-Landowner Relations & Installing Packages
Episode 60: Varroa IPM & Acquiring Bees
Episode 59: Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus & How to Requeen
Episode 58: Best Management Practices for Backyard Beekeepers & Why to Requeen Colonies
Episode 57: Carpenter Bees as Pests & Requeening Using a Nuc
Episode 56: Buckfast Bees, YouTube, & Hiving a Nuc
Episode 55: New Ruling on Oxalic Acid and Marking Queens
Episode 54: The Benefits of Pollen to Bees & Using a Smoker
Episode 53: Tropilaelaps Mites & Characteristics of Healthy Honey Bee Colonies
Episode 52: Impact of Land Use on Pollinators & Colony Inspection Techniques
Episode 51: Beekeeping in Denmark & Picking Apiary Locations
Episode 50: Insulating Honey Bee Colonies & Good Neighbor Guidelines
Episode 49: Social Media & Rules and Regulations
Episode 48: Extension & Time Dedication to Beekeeping
Episode 47: Cape Honey Bees & Benefits of Starting Colonies with a Nuc
Episode 46: Kim Flottum & Starting Colonies with Packages of Bees
Episode 45: Suppressed in Ovo Virus Infection & Necessary Beekeeping Equipment for Beginners
Episode 44: Local Honey Bees in the UK & Foundation Type Pros & Cons
Episode 43: Temperature Stress on Queen Quality and Types of Foundation
Episode 42: Introducing a New Format & Discussing Pesticides
Episode 41: Honey Bee Pheromones and How to Provide Extension Program Feedback
Episode 40: Pesticide Applicator Training & Viruses, Bacteria, and Fungal Pathogens
Episode 39: USDA Honey Bee Lab in Baton Rouge & World Honey Bee Health
Episode 38: Hives on Public Land and How Honey Bees Choose New Sites
Episode 37: History of the Honey Industry & Arthropod Invaders
Episode 36: Drone Congregation Areas & Queen Bee Production in Europe
Episode 35: Natural Varroa-Resistant Honey Bees and Small Hive Beetles
Episode 34: Drone Congregation Areas & Nosema
Episode 33: Varroa Sensitive Hygiene & Various Beekeeping Climates
Episode 32: Generational & Commercial Beekeeping
Episode 31: Scout Bees & Bee Stings
2019-2020 BIP Colony Loss Survey and Queen Bees
Episode 29: Quality Queens and the Top Honey Bee Stressors
Episode 28: Queen Polyandry and the Label is the Law
Episode 27: Black Bee Honey
Episode 26: Women in Beekeeping
Episode 25: Queen 'Duets' and the Story of Honey Bee History
Episode 24: BeeMD and Honey Labeling Guidelines
Episode 23: Best Management Practices and Factors That Determine a Worker vs a Queen
Episode 22: Blue Calamintha and ‘Found in Translation’
Episode 21: USDA Research Labs and State Beekeeping Associations
Episode 20: The Role of Florida Farm Bureau Federation and Mosquito Control
Episode 19: Social Immunity and Swarms
Episode 18: Honey Bee Friendly Landscaping and Equipment Tips and Tricks
Asian Giant Hornet Special: Truths and Myths about Vespa mandarinia
Episode 17: Beekeeping in Barbados and a Look into the Use of Oxalic Acid
Special Episode: COVID-19 & Updates on the Beekeeping Industry
Episode 16: When You Have Competition It Raises the Quality of a Product
Episode 15: Popular Beekeeping Journals
Episode 14: Once a Bear Finds an Apiary, It Will Keep Going Back
Episode 13: Top 10 Tips for Beekeepers
Episode 12: Scientifically Rigorous Information
Episode 11: Even Though I'm an Entomologist, I'm Not an “Ant”omologist
Episode 10: Honey Bees Are Animals and They Deserve to Be in Good Health
Episode 9: The First Responders in Bee Health Issues
Episode 8: Commercial Beekeeping… One Day at a Time, One Issue at a Time
Episode 7: Risk Is Simply the Product of Multiplying Toxicity and Exposure
Episode 6: If Your Goal Is to Keep Your Bees Alive...
Episode 5: Species Without Natural Enemies
Episode 4: What It Takes to Provide Purposeful Education
Episode 3: The Mite Is Free to Move About the Cabin
Episode 2: The UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory
Episode 1: Introduction to “Two Bees in a Podcast"