Podcast Episodes

Episode 23 Israel Raehl Interview

Episode 23

In today's episode I interview Israel Raehl from Spanish Fork, Utah. Israel runs Spanish Gold Honey and Bees and is transitioning from a hobby beekeeper into a sideliner.

Published on 7 months ago

Episode 22 2024 End of Year Review

Episode 22

In today's episode I'll be going over my mistakes and successes with the business in 2024 as well as my goals for 2025.

Published on 8 months ago

Episode 21 Christopher Leach Interview

Episode 21

In Episode 21 I interview Christopher Leach with The American Honeybee Company. Chris is a honeybee educator and offers beekeeping classes, mentorship, hive management services, and produces for nucs…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 20 Loans and Subsidies

Episode 20

In Episode 20 I'll be covering different types of USDA loans for starting and growing your beekeeping business. I'll also be covering a few different free subsidies that you can apply for.

Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago

Ep. 19 Honeybees in Folklore and Mythology

Episode 19

In episode 19 I'll be briefly summarizing some folklore and myths from different cultures that involve honeybees.

Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago

Ep. 18 Brent Nixon Interview

Episode 18

Brent Nixon is a queen breeder from Australia who also runs his own beekeeping podcast where he interviews beekeepers from all around the world!

Check out Brent's beekeeping podcast: "Breeding the H…

Published on 1 year ago

Ep. 17 Bracken Barker Interview

Episode 17

For the 1-year anniversary episode of The Pollen Nation Podcast I'll be interviewing Bracken Barker of Barker's Bees & Honey from northern Utah.

Barkers Bees & Honey - YouTube

tiktok.com/@barkersbee…

Published on 1 year ago

Ep. 16 Economics of Beekeeping

Episode 16

In Episode 16 I'll be going into detail over what the income and expenses would be to start up a 400 hive commercial apiary from scratch and run it for one year!

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Ep. 15 Cane Sugar vs. HFCS for Feeding Honeybees

Episode 15

In episode 15 I'll be comparing the pros and cons of feeding honeybees both cane sugar and high fructose corn syrup!

Study:

Comparison of productivity of colonies of honey bees, Apis mellifera, supp…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Ep. 14 Raising Queens Too Early (Don't Jump the Gun!)

Episode 14

In episode 14 I'll be sharing my experience with starting Queen production as early as January and the pitfalls of Queen rearing too early.

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago