Two Bees in a Podcast
By UF/IFAS Honey Bee Lab
Two Bees in a Podcast Sep 21, 2022
Episode 154: Addressing Food Insecurity with The Herban Bee
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on December 1, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Mika Hardison, a beekeeper, educator and founder of The Herban Bee in Jacksonville, Florida, on value added products and urban beekeeping to address food insecurity. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 153: Beekeeping in Brazil
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on November 17, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Dr. Samir Moura Kadri, a post-doctoral research scholar (currently at the UF Honey Bee Lab) in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science from Sao Paolo State University in Brazil, on Brazilian beekeeping and research. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 152: Discovering Bee Data with HiveTracks App
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on November 10, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with James Wilkes, the founder of HiveTracks and a computer science professor at Appalachian State University in North Carolina, on using technology to understand how to improve your beekeeping operations. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 151: PAm Bridging Research and Beekeepers
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on November 3, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Danielle Downey, with Project Apis m. on the work that they do and how it helps beekeepers. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 150: Beekeeping in Thailand
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on October 21, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Guntima Suwannapong, a leader of the honey bee laboratory in the department of biology from Burhapa in Thailand, on beekeeping practices and research. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment on oxalic acid treatments. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 149: Drones Galore!
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on October 13, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Garrett Slater, a post-doctoral researcher, from USDA ARS Honey Bee Breeding Genetics and Physiology in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 148: The Cape Honey Bee and Small Hive Beetles
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on October 6, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Peter Neumann, the Director of the Institute of Bee Health in Switzerland, on the Cape Honey Bee and other areas of his research. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 147: Generational Beekeeping and Queen Breeding with Ted Miksa
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on September 29, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Ted Miksa, a queen breeder with Miksa Honey Farm and Chairman of the Florida Honey Bee Technical Council on generational beekeeping and queen breeding. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 146: Getting to know Hives for Heroes
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on August 3, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Steve Jimenez, a US veteran and founder of beekeeping nonprofit Hives for Heroes from Houston, Texas. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 145: Bees on the Dance Floor (aka, the Virginia Landscape)
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on July 28, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Brad Ohlinger, a PhD researcher from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, on honey bee communication and foraging systems. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 144: Getting Ready for EAS
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on July 13, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Mary Duane and Lou Naylor, leaders from the Eastern Apicultural Society in Massachusetts, on the upcoming 2023 Eastern Apicultural Society’s annual conference. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com and https://easternapiculture.org/ for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 143: All About the Commercial Beekeeping, Honey! with Bob Binnie
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on July 5, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Bob Binnie, a commercial beekeeper and owner of Blue Ridge Honey Company from in Lakemont, Georgia, on using social media to promote beekeeping! This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode and Bob's YouTube channel.
Episode 142: All About Extension, Honey! with Jason Graham
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on June 21, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Jason Graham, a former UF HBREL researcher and Program Director at Planet Bee Foundation in California, on his journey through academia, nonprofit beekeeping education and outreach. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 141: Testing Bee Genes
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on June 15, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Mohamed Alburaki, a researcher from USDA ARS in Beltsville, Maryland, on diversity and genetic testing of bees. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 140: Controlling Pests and Pathogens with Sunflowers
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on June 7, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Evan Palmer-Young, a USDA ARS post-doctoral researcher at the Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, on the relationship between sunflowers and honey bees. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 139: All About the Money, Honey! with Sierra Malnove
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on May 10, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Sierra Malnove, a beekeeper and small business owner of Creamed Honey Company from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on “concierge” and private beekeeping. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 138: Guessing Hive Size and Strength with Infrared Technology
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on April 19, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Lauren Goldstein, a graduate student researcher from Michigan State and former UF HBREL intern on imaging hives with infrared. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 137: All About the Farmers Markets, Honey! with Beth Murphy
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on April 12, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Beth Murphy, a beekeeper and owner of Southern Bees LLC of High Springs, FL, on turning her products into profits at a local farmers market. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 136: Let's Talk about the Bee Informed Partnership
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on April 5, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Selina Bruckner, a postdoctoral researcher with Penn State and Nathalie Steinhauer, a University of Maryland Entomologist and science coordinator, all about the Bee Informed Partnership. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
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Episode 135: Shipping Queen Cells
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on March 29, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Ellen Topitzhofer, a senior faculty research assistant from the Honey Bee Laboratory Department of Horticulture in Oregon State University and future extension agent at Cornell in New York about shipping queen cells. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 134: The Many Arts of Beekeeping with Karen Boger
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on March 22, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Karen Boger, a beekeeper from Florida all about her artistic beekeeping hobbies and products. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 133: All About the Money, Honey! with Melanie Kirby
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on March 8, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Melanie Kirby, an Indigenous American queen breeder and owner of Zia Queenbees from New Mexico, on how she works professionally with bees. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 132: Student Beekeeping in Thailand
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on March 1st, 2023, Two Bees producer Serra Sowers speaks with Lauren Roberts, a beekeeper and current entomology undergraduate from the University of Florida in Gainesville, on beekeeping in Thailand. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment from Live! Two Bees in a Podcast at the American Beekeeping Federation Conference in Jacksonville from January 2023. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 131: Follow-up on Microplastics
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on February 22, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu follow-up with Mica Buteler, a researcher from CONISET National Institute for Science and Technology from Argentina, on microplastics and finding plastic in wax. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 130: Controlling Varroa Through Genetic Technology
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on February 15, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Nicky Faber, a PhD candidate from the laboratory of genetics in the department of plant sciences at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, on controlling Varroa through genetic technology. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 129: All About the Money, Honey! with Virginia Webb
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on February 8, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with award-winning honey producer Virginia Webb from Clarksville, Georgia on honey shows and making money with honey. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 128: Catching up with Two Bees
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on January 25, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu introduce our new season and talk about trends in the industry expected this year. This episode concludes with a Stump the Chump Q&A. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode. If you have questions, let us know in the comments or send us an email at honeybee@ifas.ufl.edu
Bonus Episode: Final Stump the Chump 2022
Happy Wednesday, Beekeepers! This week, we have a Q&A segment from our archive that was never released last year. Jamie and Amy first recorded this episode at the beginning of December and we wanted to make sure you didn’t miss it! As always, if you have beekeeping questions, send them our way by leaving a comment on our social media or sending us an email honeybee@ifas.ufl.edu
Happy New Year, Beekeepers!
Happy New Year! We've been busy bees over at the American Beekeeping Federation Annual Conference in Jacksonville. Thanks to those who participated in our live Stump the Chump recording and sharing your questions. While we don't have a full episode ready for you this week, you can check out any of our previous episodes wherever you listen to podcasts or at ufhoneybee.com.
Episode 127: Varroa Control Methods in Ontario
Episode 127: Varroa Control Methods in Ontario
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on December 14, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Nuria Morfin, Lead of Technology Research Program and researcher from the Honey Bee Research Center in Ontario, Canda, on surveillance of Varroa using synthetic acaricides. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 126: December Monthly Management
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on December 1, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu discuss best practices for managing bees in December. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 125: Overwintering Colonies -- Indoor or Outdoor?
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on November 23, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Rosanna Punko, an Apiculture Inspector for the Bee Health Assurance Team in Alberta, Canada on Nosema management of indoor and outdoor overwintering of colonies. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 124: Sub-Arctic Beekeeping
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on November 16, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Etienne Tardiff, a hobbyist beekeeper in Yukon, Canada on sub-Arctic beekeeping. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 123: Climate Effects on Honey Bee Food Source
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on November 9, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Gabriela Quinlan, an NSF postdoctoral research fellow from the department of entomology at Penn State University, on climate effects of grasslands on honey bees in the US. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 122: November Monthly Management
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on November 2, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak about preparing hives for winter and cold weather in November. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 121: The Origins of Honey Bees
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on October 26, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Kathleen Dogantzis, a PhD candidate from the Zayed Lab with the Department of Biology at York University in Toronto, Canada, on the origins and evolution of Apis mellifera. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 120: Finding Pesticide Residue in Nectar and Pollen
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on October 19, 2022, Amy Vu speaks with Dr. Jamie Ellis, a researcher from the UF Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory on finding exposure to pesticides in urban and suburban areas within nectar and pollen. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 119: Moving Honey Bees in U.S. and Territories
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on October 12, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Jose Marcelino, a researcher from the UF Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory in Gainesville, Florida, on the ability and legality of moving honey bees. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 118: How Honey Bees Respond to Viruses
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on October 5, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Mike Simone Finstrom, a researcher microbiologist from USDA-ARS Honey Bee breeding and physiology lab in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on viruses in honey bees. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 117: October Monthly Management
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on September 28, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak all things monthly management. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 116: Chemical Testing for Varroa Management
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on September 21, 2022, Dr. Cameron Jack and Amy Vu speak with Rassol Bahreini, a researcher from Department of Biological Science at the University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada, on Varroa management. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 115: The Growth of Urban Beekeeping
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on September 7, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Joan Casanelles Abella, a researcher from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research in Switzerland, on the sustainability of urban beekeeping. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 114: September Monthly Management
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on August 31st, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak on all things monthly management. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 113: Temperature Changes and Varroa Infestation
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on August 24, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Szymon Smolinski, a researcher from the National Marine Fisheries Research Institute in Poland, on the effect of autumn temperature changes on varroa infestation. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 112: Effect of Microplastics on Honey Bees
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on August 17, 2022, Dr. Cameron Jack and Amy Vu speak with Mica Buteler, a researcher at CONISET National Institute for Science and Technology from Argentina, on the effect of microplastics on honey bee health and foraging behavior. This episode is ended with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 111: Honey Bee Nutrition Using Feed Supplements
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on August 3, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Vincent Ricigliano, a research entomologist with the USDA from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the effect of artificial diets on honey bee health. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today’s episode.
Episode 110: August Monthly Management
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on July 27, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu talk all things management for the month of August. This episode is ended with a Q&A segment.
Episode 109: Accessible Beekeeping
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on July 20, 2022, Dr. Cameron Jack and Amy Vu speak with Justin Ruger, an author and beekeeper with Hippie Chick Apiary from Culpeper, Virginia, on beekeeping with disabilities. This episode is ended with a Q&A segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com for additional resources and to complete Justin’s survey.
Episode 108: How Insecticides Impact Colonies
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on July 13, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Dr. William Meikle, a USDA research entomologist at Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Tucson, Arizona, on stimulation of bees that follows with insecticide usage and experimentation with sensors. This episode is ended with a Q&A segment.
Episode 107: Effects of Insect Growth Disruptors on Honey Bees
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on July 6, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Dr. Julia Fine, a research entomologist with USDA in Davis, California, about insect growth disruptors effect on Apis mellifera queens. This episode is ended with a Q&A segment.