Teach Me Bees

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 approximately 10-20 bee colonies. She sells the raw, unpasteurized honey and wax her bees produce both online and in select local markets. Amanda is pursuing a degree in counseling psychology and aims to integrate beekeeping into her future counseling practice.

You can check out Amanda's work at https://honeyluxhoney.com/ or follow her on social media @honeyluxhoney

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!

Teach Me Bees is a weekly podcast hosted by Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine where we share about Honey 4 Hope, beekeeping, and talk about life. Episodes are released on Thursday mornings at 10 am PST through major audio podcast platforms and video platforms such as YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Visit our website below and follow Honey 4 Hope on all social media platforms and Dave Wescott on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

Visit https://honey4hope.org/ to learn more.

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 beetles, wax moths, and other pests. If you suspect your hives have any of these pests or diseases contact a local beekeeper and consult various sources to determine the problem. Don't try to solve things alone! Use the resource of more experienced beekeepers.

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!

Teach Me Bees is a weekly podcast hosted by Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine where we share about Honey 4 Hope, beekeeping, and talk about life. Episodes are released on Thursday mornings at 10 am PST through major audio podcast platforms and video platforms such as YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Visit our website below and follow Honey 4 Hope on all social media platforms and Dave Wescott on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

Visit https://honey4hope.org/ to learn more.

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 determine the probelm. Don't try to solve things alone! Use the resource of more experienced beekeepers.

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!

Teach Me Bees is a weekly podcast hosted by Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine where we share about Honey 4 Hope, beekeeping, and talk about life. Episodes are released on Thursday mornings at 10 am PST through major audio podcast platforms and video platforms such as YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Visit our website below and follow Honey 4 Hope on all social media platforms and Dave Wescott on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

Visit https://honey4hope.org/ to learn more.

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 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!

Teach Me Bees is a weekly podcast hosted by Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine where we share about Honey 4 Hope, beekeeping, and talk about life. Episodes are released on Thursday mornings at 10 am PST through major audio podcast platforms and video platforms such as YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Visit our website below and follow Honey 4 Hope on all social media platforms and Dave Wescott on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

Visit https://honey4hope.org/ to learn more.

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 Bee Project, where they use wild honey bee's to breed with their own honey bee's to increase resistance to varroa mite and other sicknesses. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx-c7qAToA_sxAf1d1vYleZRXNcFMrBKa

Other ways to stay connected to The Honey Company

Check them out on social media @TheHoneyCompany and on Facebook at @TheHoneyCompanyUtah

As always, thank you for listening. We hope you had fun listening and learned something new about bees! Stay tuned for more episodes to come!

Teach Me Bees is a weekly podcast hosted by Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine where we share about Honey 4 Hope, beekeeping, and talk about life. Episodes are released on Thursday mornings at 10 am PST through major audio podcast platforms and video platforms such as Youtube, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Visit our website below and follow Honey 4 Hope on all social media platforms and Dave Wescott on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

Visit https://honey4hope.org/

This week, Dave Wescott is remote and Scott Calentine is in studio while we interview Randy Oliver. Randy Oliver is a commercial beekeeper from California, whose management decisions are based upon the understanding of bee biology. He performs applied research for the benefit of beekeepers worldwide, and shares information at his website ScientificBeekeeping.com. Randy has a lot to say on varroa mite practices and beekeeping practices. It's an interview well worth your time!

As always, thank you for listening. We hope you had fun with us and learned something new about bees or the bee world, which is our world! Stay tuned for more episodes to come!

Check out Randy's work at: https://scientificbeekeeping.com/

Teach Me Bees is a weekly podcast hosted by Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine where we share about Honey 4 Hope, beekeeping, and talk about life. Episodes are released on Thursday mornings at 10 am PST through major audio podcast platforms and video platforms such as Youtube, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Visit our website below and follow Honey 4 Hope on all social media platforms and Dave Wescott on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

https://honey4hope.org/

This week, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine talk about their latest favorite tv shows and types of bee hives. If you are considering getting a new hive or just starting out and are not sure what to get, this is for you! Should you get a langstroth hive? A Flow Hive? A top bar hive? Something else? Take a listen! We are available to help you pick what is best for you, email us at [email protected]

As always, thank you for listening. We hope you had fun with us and learned something new about bees or the bee world, which is our world! Stay tuned for more episodes to come!

Teach Me Bees is a weekly podcast hosted by Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine where we share about Honey 4 Hope, beekeeping, and talk about life. Episodes are released on Thursday mornings at 10 am PST through major audio podcast platforms and video platforms such as Youtube, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Visit our website below and follow Honey 4 Hope on all social media platforms and Dave Wescott on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

https://honey4hope.org/

This week, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine talk about how to order bees. Do you need a nuc or a package? Do you know what those terms mean? Take a listen and find out! Along the way, Scott and Dave share how they met their wives- you'll get to know them a bit more in this episode! If you're interested in ordering bees or the process email [email protected] to learn more.

As always, thank you for listening. We hope you had fun with us and learned something new about bees or the bee world, which is our world! Stay tuned for more episodes to come!

Teach Me Bees is a weekly podcast hosted by Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine where we share about Honey 4 Hope, beekeeping, and talk about life. Episodes are released on Thursday mornings at 10 am PST through major audio podcast platforms and video platforms such as Youtube, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Visit our website below and follow Honey 4 Hope on all social media platforms and Dave Wescott on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

Please visit https://honey4hope.org/

This week, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine interview David Lundquist. David spent 3 decades pastoring in Edmonds, Washington. During that time he found a deep appreciation and love for bees and became a backyard beekeeper. During that time, David discovered the rich history bewteen beekeepers and the Christian faith. In this episode, David shares some of that history and his personal experience with honey bees!

As always, thank you for listening. We hope you had fun with us and learned something new about bees or the bee world, which is our world! Stay tuned for more episodes to come!

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Teach Me Bees is a weekly podcast hosted by Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine where we share about Honey 4 Hope, beekeeping, and talk about life. Episodes are released on Thursday mornings at 10 am PST through major audio podcast platforms and video platforms such as Youtube, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Visit our website below and follow Honey 4 Hope on all social media platforms and Dave Wescott on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

visit https://honey4hope.org/

This week, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine were able to talk with the wonderful Charlotte Wiggins. Charlotte Ekker Wiggins is an award-winning author, blogger, Certified Master Beekeeper and Master Gardener Emeritus. She has been keeping honey bees for 15 years and gardening ever since she can remember. Her one-acre Missouri limestone hillside garden, where her neighbors said nothing would grow, is now a working apiary, certified wildlife garden and Monarch Way Station. Charlotte is a wealth of knowledge about bees and many things, she is well worth listening to!

As always, thank you for listening. We hope you had fun with us and learned something new about bees or the bee world, which is our world! Stay tuned for more episodes to come!

Check out Charlotte's website: https://www.charlotteekkerwiggins.com/ or https://www.bluebirdgardens.com/

Teach Me Bees is a weekly podcast hosted by Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine where we share about Honey 4 Hope, beekeeping, and talk about life. Episodes are released on Thursday mornings at 10 am PST through major audio podcast platforms and video platforms such as Youtube, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Visit our website below and follow Honey 4 Hope on all social media platforms and Dave Wescott on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

https://honey4hope.org/