Podcast Episodes

Making Mead & Money With Beekeeping - Guest Rick Reault

Season 2 Episode 241

Massachusetts beekeeper and entrepreneur Rick Reault (New England Beekeeping /The Colony) joins Eric for a deep, joyful dive into bees and business—from his first disastrous mead batch to an award-wi…

Published on 15 hours ago

Beekeeping On Kangaroo Island - No Varroa Mites

Season 2 Episode 240

From a Varroa-free outpost off Australia’s southern coast, beekeeper Shawn Hinves of Kangaroo Island shares how a family operation running 350 hives of pure Ligurian honey bees navigates biosecurity,…

Published on 1 week ago

How to Save the Honey Bees, and Butterflies, and Other Pollinators

Season 2 Episode 239

Opening was recorded at Apimondia in Copenhagen. This episode blends field notes and a feel-good interview with Elsa Gallagher of the Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund.

Practical beekeeping takeaways: ha…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Beehive Winter Prep, Amitraz Resistance & Crazy Beekeeping Stories

Season 2 Episode 238

"It was sheer panic!" That's how Amber explains her wild & crazy beekeeping story.

In this episode of Bee Love Beekeeping, we open with a poetic ode to honeybees and a couple of “beekeeper bloopers,” …

Published on 3 weeks ago

More Ways To Make $$ From Your Honey Bees - Hawaiian Beekeeper Katie Metzger

Season 2 Episode 237

How many sources of income do your beehives produce? If it's just honey sales and a few wax products, you will want to listen to this episode!

In this week's Bee-Love Beekeeping, we explore the magic …

Published on 4 weeks ago

New Beehive Design - 120 R-Value, Twice The Honey

Season 2 Episode 236

This episode features a beekeeper-engineer’s quest to copy what a honey bee colony does naturally in a hollow tree—and to put that into a production hive.

Alex Gamberoni of Primal Bee, shares how rep…

Published on 1 month ago

Very Natural Beekeeping In Scotland

Season 2 Episode 235

Working With Bees instead of Managing Bees. In this episode, Eric takes us across the pond to southwest Scotland for a heartfelt conversation with Titanilla Kiss, a natural beekeeper originally from…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The Future of Beekeeping

Season 2 Episode 234

This episode of Bee Love Beekeeping takes listeners on a journey from the ancient art of beekeeping to the frontiers of agricultural technology. Host Eric Bennett sits down with Eliyah Radzyner of Be…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Dr. Thomas Seeley Pt. 2: 10 Unusual Bee Behaviors

Season 2 Episode 233

Featured Guest: Dr. Tom Seeley – Professor Emeritus at Cornell University, renowned honey bee researcher, and author of six influential books including Honeybee Democracy and Piping Hot Bees and Bois…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Dr. Thomas Seeley On Bee Behavior, Swarm Piping, Bee Lining, More

Season 2 Episode 232

Featured Guest: Dr. Tom Seeley – Professor Emeritus at Cornell University, renowned honey bee researcher, and author of six influential books including Honeybee Democracy and Piping Hot Bees and Bois…

Published on 2 months ago