Africanized Bees: Is Backyard Bee Keeping a Good Idea in the South?
Africanized Bees: Is Backyard Bee Keeping a Good Idea in the South? By Anne-Marie Miller I want to share with you all some exciting news. I survived my first full…
Tales from Beekeeping: My Expectations vs. the Reality
By Anne-Marie Miller. It has almost been a full year that I have been a beekeeper. It has been a fun and fascinating adventure. Painful and scary at times, but many adventures in life are like that, I have found. Looking back, my idea of what it would be like to be a beekeeper turned out to be a lot different than the actual realities of managing a hive.
171: Robbie Shell on Honeybees and Colony Collapse Disorder
Greg meets Robbie who is not a farmer or gardener but really has a story to tell that can make a difference. Robbie was inspired by some honeybees and decided to learn more about them. Her research eventually led her to write an environmental fiction book for middle school kids to help them understand and appreciate the honeybees and the challenge of colony collapse disorder.
Establishing My First Hive: A New-Bee's Introduction to Beekeeping
My First Hive:A New-Bee’s Introduction to Beekeeping By Tayler Jenkins I’ve always had an affinity for bees. In the first grade, I started a “club” called The Buzzers, where willing…
10: Julia McGuire on Urban Beekeeping
Ever thought about keeping bees? Julia McGuire has kept bees in her backyard since 2008 and expanded to keeping bees in other people’s yards in 2013.
Featured Farmer: Janet from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Featured Farmer: Janet from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand We are so impressed by this month’s featured farmer, landscape architect Janet Luke from her beautiful permaculture farm in Hawkes Bay, New…
The Buzz on Julia's Bees
The Buzz on Julia’s Bees Greetings urban farmers! My name is Julia, and I keep bees in the middle of Des Moines, Iowa. When we first got honeybees, we had…
724: Phyllis Stiles on the Bee City USA Program
Appreciating the variety of pollinators that visit our gardens. – Phyllis Stiles is someone who loves to create a buzz about pollinators. She became fascinated with bees when she started keeping her own, and that led to an appreciation of and sense of responsibility for all pollinators. As she became aware of the problems they face, she decided to do something…
Podcasts by Episode Title
Podcasts by Episode Title Topic Categories Special #’s These are the episodes with a number in their title, and those that commemorate a certain milestone as we progress through our…
96: Molly Cole on Starting a Small Farm in Washington
96: Molly Cole on Starting a Small Farm in Washington Molly comes from a long line of farmers in Washington state. She grew up on a farm with chickens, cows,…
