The Buzz About Bees

By Laryssa Kwoczak

Learn all about honey bees, beekeeping and pollination told by a commercial beekeeper. This podcast isn’t just for beekeepers. I talk about all all kinds of pollinators, how we can help them thrive an... more

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The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.

The Buzz About Bees episodes:

January 20, 2021 Are Africanized Bees As Scary As They Sound?
What's it like to keep Africanized bees?
Is it still fun working with bees when they're so aggressive?
Can you cross-breed Africanized bees with European bees to get a more docile bee?
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31min
October 25, 2020 The Life & Legacy of Eva Crane
I wanted to take a break from the science of bees and beekeeping and share with you the story of one of the most well known and influential writers about beekeeping, Eva Crane.
The Eva Crane story starts at 21:45.
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44min
June 24, 2020 Beekeepers be warned. How COVID is Affecting Beekeeping.
"Beekeeping! Let's give it a try." That's what a lot of people said when COVID-19 forced a lot of people into quarantine.
I'm not dissing beginner beekeepers, but its causing problems for current beekeepers.
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58min
May 11, 2019 Do Beekeepers Help the Bees or Hurt the Bees?
This episode is about the role of the beekeeper when it comes to keeping the bees healthy. How do beekeepers help the bee population and how do they harm it? Is beekeeping hurting the native bee population? And a special added ASMR clip of my niece eating honeycomb.
Our Kickstarter campaign is still going! Make a donation & help us get our online beekeeping classes going. Our rewards include raw honey, Bee Happy Hawaii t-shirts & early access to the class. Watch our video & donate at http://kck.st/2uMKbme.
If you have enjoyed listening to our podcast, please consider making even a $1 donation to our campaign. Every dollar counts!
Campaign ends June1.
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17min
May 10, 2018 All About the Hard-working Worker Bee
The worker bee does most of the work in the hive.
She makes up about 99% or more of the hive population.
She takes care of the baby bees, gathers nectar, turns nectar into honey, and is the only one who stings.
So what exactly are the drones and queen doing? We'll find the answers to these questions and more in this episode.
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29min
March 28, 2018 Painful Stories About Getting Stung
Most people have been stung by a honey bee. That's why Schmidt uses the honey bee as his basis for the Schmidt Pain Index where he rates how painful different insects' bites and stings are. We go into the most and least painful insects he has been stung by as well as where the honey bee ranks on this scale.
Getting stung doesn't just end with a little bit of pain. Did you know the honey bee dies after she stings you? We get into why insects sting and why bees die after stinging.
Another scientist also indexed the pain from getting stung, but was more specific. This man stung himself specifically with bees to figure out where the most painful places to be stung were.
We discuss the most painful places we have been stung and why you should ALWAYS wear underwear when beekeeping.
And finally, what exactly are killer bees and have they actually killed anyone? You might be surprised to hear that killer bees are smaller than European honeybees and so have less venom in their stinger. We go into how they got their name and if their nickname is well-deserved or not.
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52min
February 10, 2018 All About Her Majesty, the Queen Bee
The queen bee is very unique to the hive. She is the mother of all the bees in the hive. There is only one and she has an important job to do.
In this episode we will discuss exactly how much power over the hive the queen has, what happens if a queen dies, how a new queen is made and how to spot a queen bee.
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27min

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