Before she was a beekeeper in Austin, Tara Chapman was an agent for the CIA.  I know, I know, yet another spy-turned-beekeeper story...

Kidding aside, this interview is a special one for so many reasons!  You'll hear one of the most fascinating personal journeys and you'll learn a ton about the insane role bees play in our food and agricultural system.  Below is just a sample of what we covered 

• Why the queen bee is not the Beyonce of the hive
• How male bees undergo nature's most devastating walk of shame
• Where we ship more than 80% of America's bees, alive on 18-wheelers, once a year
• Why are bee colonies mysteriously dying and what can we do about it?
• Why a beekeeper deadlifts
• What EPIC is doing with Tara and bee hives at the EPIC Roam Ranch

For this week's Inside EPIC, Tara actually let me accompany her on a hive visit.  Now that alone would be quite the experience for anyone, but for me, its special because I’m totally afraid of bees.  Tara takes me to a hive with thousands of bees, we harvest some honey, I get to eat it right there off the comb, and I may or may not pee my bee suit.