Teach Me Bees

Scott welcomes Victor Croker, founder of HiveIQ, to the podcast this week to talk about revolutionary new technology in beehives. Join us every Thursday morning for TEACH ME BEES (and other cool stuff)!

Join Dave and Scott the Beekeeper, as they chat with Brad Jones with Seola Bees about beekeeping in the Pacific Northwest, maintaining healthy hives, queens, and more! Join us every Thursday morning for TEACH ME BEES (and other cool stuff)!

On this week's buzzworthy episode, Scott shares with Dave some great tips for any backyard beekeeper. Join us every Thursday at 10:00 a.m. PST for TEACH ME BEES (and other cool stuff)!

Dave and Scott the Beekeeper are back in the studio to talk about everything that happens around the apiary in the fall months. Join us! Join us every Thursday morning for TEACH ME BEES (and other cool stuff)!

Dave and Scott are back this week to talk about harvesting honey, college football, and Ralph getting stung while filming the hives! Join us! Join us every other Thursday morning for TEACH ME BEES (and other cool stuff)!

Dave Wescott and Scott the Beekeeper are back! And this week it's all about what to do when your hives lose their queen. Join us as we learn together on this beekeeping journey. TEACH ME BEES is a podcast all about learning the ins and outs of beekeeping. We're no experts, but we're doing our best to educate ourselves for the good of the environment, and to help champion the mission of our company...

This week, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine talk with special guest, Amanda Joyce, a local Washington beekeeper. Amanda is a beekeeper and the proud owner of HoneyLux Honey. Her passion for beekeeping began as a hobby in 2018 and quickly turned into a fascination with every aspect of bees and honey. In 2020, she turned her hobby into a business and established HoneyLux. At present, Amanda manages...

This week, Dave Wescott is remote getting over a sickness while Scott Calentine is in studio. We had the great experience of interviewing Stand and Alicia Moulton of The Honey Company. Stan and Alicia are beekeepers based in Utah. Stan's family has 4 generations of beekeeping experience and they have ran The Honey Company together since the 1990's. They have a special project known as the Feral Be...

On this week's podcast, Dave and Scott chat about hive frame management and manipulation. Join us every Thursday morning for TEACH ME BEES (and other cool stuff)! This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

The honeybee is, of course, the most well known bee, but nature has a wide variety of other kinds of bees as well. This week, Dave and Scott the Beekeeper take a look at some other bee species and talk about what makes them different. Join us every Thursday morning for TEACH ME BEES (and other cool stuff)! This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week on "Teach Me Bees," we want to talk about the impact both weather and dearth can have on your colonies. Moisture and extreme temperatures can have a huge impact on your bees. And if there's a shortage of nectar-producing flowers, it can lead to colony collapse. Join us to learn some helpful tips and what to look for. Join us every Thursday morning for TEACH ME BEES (and other cool stuff)...

On this week's episode of Teach Me Bees, Dave and Scott welcome Sydney Stalcup, a beekeeper from Louisville, KY who has had a passion for bees and beekeeping since she was a child. Currently she is one of the beekeepers at a cemetery and arboretum! Join us for this great conversation. The book Sydney mentions is "The Beekeeper's Problem Solver: 100 Common Problems Explored and Explained" by James...

There's a lot of buzz around Honey4Hope these past few weeks. New nucs arriving both at our property as well as some other farms, new pollination service contracts, and a whole lot of planning for 2024 and beyond! Dave and Scott discuss it all! As always, thank you for listening. We hope you had fun with us and learned something insightful or new about bees. Honey bees are key to our world. Stay t...

Did you know that there is a state that calls itself "The Beehive State?" On this episode, Dave and Scott discuss that as well as providing tips on how to avoid hive loss, and so much more! As always, thank you for listening. We hope you had fun with us and learned something insightful or new about bees. Honey bees are key to our world. Stay tuned for more episodes to come! This podcast is hosted...

What are pollination services? How can you as a beekeeper start providing them to others? Today, Dave and Scott break down all of this, plus, as always, have a lot of fun tangents along the way. As always, thank you for listening. We hope you had fun with us and learned something insightful or new about bees. Honey bees are key to our world. Stay tuned for more episodes to come! This podcast is ho...

On this week's "Teach Me Bees" podcast, Dave and Scott are welcomed by Cassie Gibeau, owner of Honeybee Centre in Surrey, BC, Canada, a commercial honey farm, country store, educational facility, CFIA registered packing facility, visitor attraction, and so much more than that original dream could have ever dreamt up. As always, thank you for listening. We hope you had fun with us and learned somet...

This week, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine continue their conversation about honey and its benefits, and tackle the question of which is better: raw or pasteurized honey. As always, thank you for listening. We hope you had fun with us and learned something insightful or new about bees. Honey bees are key to our world. Stay tuned for more episodes to come! This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

On this week's episode of the podcast, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine have a sweet, sweet topic to talk about: honey! From its roots as a natural sweetener and usage by the Egyptians for healing, to its almost infinite shelf life, honey is truly one of the most incredible gifts that nature provides. As always, thank you for listening. We hope you had fun with us and learned something insightful...

This week, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine focus on honey bee anatomy. Have you ever wondered what the crucial body parts of the bee are or sought to know more about how the bee functions? Did you do well in high school biology and are fascinated with anatomy? Or are you like Scott, who self proclaims a distaste for high school science? In this episode, we dive into the three main sections: head,...

This week, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine discuss some of the best plants for honey bee pollination. Remember, this is for the Pacific Northwest, and more specifically, western Washington. Throughout the spring and summer there are A LOT of great plants for bees. Some of our favorites are the ones we can also eat, like blueberries and peaches. We had a lot of fun talking about plants and channel...

This week, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine talk with special guest, Amanda Joyce, a local Washington beekeeper. Amanda is a beekeeper and the proud owner of HoneyLux Honey. Her passion for beekeeping began as a hobby in 2018 and quickly turned into a fascination with every aspect of bees and honey. In 2020, she turned her hobby into a business and established HoneyLux. At present, Amanda manages...

This week, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine continue the conversation from the previous episode. We dive into pest and diseases once again- addressing the common misconception of bees and yellow jackets/hornets. Not all "bees" are the same! Know the difference between honey bees, other bees, and things that are not bees. In this episode, we focus on things such as nosema, chalkbrood, small hive be...

This week, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine discuss the history of the native Washington bee and primarily focus on pests and diseaes facing honey bee colonies in Washington. In this episode we focus on varroa mites, tracheal mites, European Fouldbrood, and American Foulbrood. If you suspect your hives have any of these pests or diseases contact a local beekeeper and consult varioius sources to de...

This week, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine talk about the transition from winter to spring. This episode, Dave is remote while Scott is in studio. We had a great time talking about the transition that is happening now or will be happening very shortly! Did you catch Dave spoiling our recording schedule? Haha! We had fun doing this and even had a surprise guest show up, Dave's son, David. As alway...

This week, Dave Wescott is remote getting over a sickness while Scott Calentine is in studio. We had the great experience of interviewing Stand and Alicia Moulton of The Honey Company. Stan and Alicia are beekeepers based in Utah. Stan's family has 4 generations of beekeeping experience and they have ran The Honey Company together since the 1990's. They have a special project known as the Feral Be...