This week, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine had the joy of interviewing Peter Notle of Rainy Day Bees, a Seattle based beekeeping company. In this episode we tap into Peter's wealth of knowledge and experiece in beekeeping and starting a beekeeping company. Peter Nolte has been keeping bees in the Greater Seattle area since 2011, working in urban and rural areas as the owner and head beekeeper of Rainy Day Bees. This variety of locales and over 150 beehives gives him a unique perspective on beekeeping in the Puget Sound region, and he loves sharing his experience with both new and experienced beekeepers through classes and conversations.

Check out Peter's business here: https://rainydaybees.com/

Peter recommended several books: Beekeeping for Dummies - https://rb.gy/ssreyt Bee Culture magazine - https://www.beeculture.com/magazine/ and American Bee Journal - https://americanbeejournal.com/

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 the forbidden topic.... reproduction! Honey bee reproduction is quite different to human reproduction. From egg to larvae to pupua and emerging as a worker bee... it's quite the interesting process! There's a lot of fun had and Dave shares a midnight horror story that happened to him.

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 this out for more on honey bee reproduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU8pMswhnVs

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 is Christmas with New's right around the corner! With the season, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine have some fun with it being a joyous time! The main focus of the episode is food! Dave and Scott are both foodies, so naturally they loved this episode! We hope you find some of our recommendations to be worthwhile! Links will be down below.

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!

Here's recipes we referenced:

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.

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This week, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine address the topic of swarming. Swarming is when bees leave their colony with the orignal queen to start a new hive. Typically, swarming happens in sping or early summer (May-June), but can happen other times. Swarming is the natural way honey bee hives reproduce, as a beekeeper it is a stressful event! We talk about ways to avoid swarming and what to do if a swarm occurs. Of course, we get off topic a bit and have some fun. Dave tells us how to avoid sick kids in the home at night- sleep in the guest room!

Here are some helpful links on swarming:

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 what is needed to start beekeeping. What things would you need to start? We dive into the basics needed to get started and go in some interseting directions with movies and bee suits! We like to joke around and have fun, but also give you real infomation to help you learn about bees! Below are some links to bee gear!

https://www.mannlakeltd.com/beekeeping-tools-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.

https://honey4hope.org/

This week, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine interviewed to Dr. Timothy Lawrence, emeritus of Washington State University. Dr. Lawrence wrote an interesting article that got our attention, "2023 is looking like one of the worst years for honey bees in nearly two decades" (link below). Dr. Timothy Lawrence has an extensive history in the bee world from raising bees and beekeeping at a young age to commercial beekeeping. Dr. Lawrence has spent time as a professor through Washington State University and has a deep understanding of bee genetics and queen rearing. He is one of the most knowledgeable bee experts around.

Referenced primary article: (https://treefruit.wsu.edu/article/2023-is-looking-like-one-of-the-worst-years-for-honey-bees-in-nearly-two-decades/)

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 interview Les Scott, a beekeeper in Bellingham, Washington. Les started beekeeping with his first nuc in April of 2019. Now he has 35 mature hives and 3 nucs going into the winter. He owns a beekeeping supply store and sells nucs and queens. In his words, "I think I like beekeeping!"

To stay connect to Les or learn more follow him on Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/667048171254333/?ref=share] or his businees at https://www.leszbees.com/

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 pollination. In light of Thanksgiving, Dave and Scott wanted to discuss the importance of pollinaiton to our food supply.Some of your favorite Thanksgiving food (pumpkin pie!) might be direclty impacted by pollination. We also get into a great Star Wars debate! Who's top 3 Star Wars movies are best? What are your favorites? We like to have some fun as we learn! Enjoy Thanksgiving!

Here are some links we referenced:

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 discuss the topic of winterization. Winter is an important season for beekeeping. Spring and summer and full of honey and bees flying around, but winter is very different. In winter hives beocme semi-dormant. Dave and Scott discuss some important things to know about winter beekeeping and dive into their favorite movies growing up, can you guess what they grew up watching?

There are links below to learn more about varroa mites and treatment.

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 share about the honey market. When it comes to buying honey, do you know the difference between organic, raw, or processed honey? We dive into these variations of honey that are sold. Plus, we talk about the lifespan of honey bees, which is 45 days. Dave proposes the idea of a bee year. Does one day equal 1 bee year? And of course, Dave has some great life stories!

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/