The Nectar Podcast

What does it actually take to run a profitable beekeeping operation in 2026?In this episode of the Nectar Podcast, Sam sits down with Jake Moore — a second-generation commercial beekeeper running 3,000+ hives in Texas — to talk about his unique approach to beekeeping: specifically, using regular data sampling to make disciplined decisions. Instead of the industry-standard “spray and pray” approach...

Beekeepers collect an enormous amount of information from their hives — but turning that information into real insight is much harder than it seems. In this episode of the Nectar Podcast, we sit down with Nico Coallier, CTO of Nectar Technologies, to talk about how better data — and better sampling — can change the way beekeepers understand their colonies. Nico is a researcher and technologist who...

Marc and Max meet with Nectar marketing specialist Sam Venis to discuss what's happening at Nectar & the future of digital beekeeping.

What does it really mean to build a crew that takes ownership? In this episode of the Nectar Podcast, Max sits down with Scott Barnes of St. Joe Valley Apiaries to talk about leadership, trust, and what it takes to scale an operation to over 10,000 hives when you can’t be everywhere at once. Scott shares how, one year into his Nectar integration, the most meaningful feedback didn’t come from dashb...

Max breaks down the ins and outs of Yard Pass-Through Mortality Rate —a new ready-made report that shows the percentage of hives that have died after passing through each of your yard locations. Not just where they died, but where they traveled before they died. Traditionally, beekeepers could only link mortality to the yard where losses were discovered. This new report makes it possible to isolat...

“There’s a big difference between I think this is what happened and I know this is what happened.” That's a quote from Jason Miller on the importance of making decisions with data. On the latest episode of the Nectar podcast, Jason goes deep on: 🐝 The mechanics of “ low-touch beekeeping ”—his strategy for minimizing hive movements 🏭 The logistics behind his cutting-edge indoor wintering faci...

This episodes guest is Glenn Card—the proprietor, with his brother Wes, of one of the largest and most respected beekeeping operations in the country. Together, the brothers manage over over 30,000 hives, spread across an outfit that spans honey production, queen breeding, pollination services, and nuc production.  Listen to learn: 🐝 How the Cards shipped 8,000 nucs in under 7 weeks—with real-tim...

Nectar CEO Marc-Andre Roberge and apiary researcher Brandon Hopkins join Max on the pod to talk about overwinter mortality rates in the 2024-2025 season. The conversation focuses on a recent study by Project Apis (PAm) showing an average of 62% winter colony losses across the commercial beekeeping industry. In response, Nectar conducted its own study of winter mortality rates and found an average...

Nectar Customer Success Specialist Aaron Toma joins Max on the pod to talk about how and why beekeepers are using Nectar to plan, execute, and track their splits and take learnings from almond season ahead of spring pollination.

For the second episode of the Nectar Podcast, Shoreline Honey founder Nick Groenhof joins Max to talk about what he's learned during his first full year on the Nectar platform.

Nectar COO Max Cherney brings us inside the world of digital beekeeping and shares his plans for the podcast.