Two Bees in a Podcast

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What's Two Bees in a Podcast about?

Two Bees in a Podcast is hosted by members of University of Florida's Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory. Learn about honey bees, beekeepers, researchers, and specialists from around the world in educational, fun, yet practical episodes!

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Two Bees in a Podcast episodes:

06.25.2024
Episode 170: Indoor Overwintering Bees
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on June 25, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome back Ian Steppler—who is a commercial beekeeper and runs the Canadian Beekeeper’s Blog— to talk about one of the...
06.18.2024
Episode 169: Mental Wellness and Beekeeping
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on June 18, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Kathy Clay, a retired Battalion Chief Fire Marshal and certified Master Beekeeper, about the link between mental wellness...
06.11.2024
Episode 168: Beekeeping with Larry Connor
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on June 11, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Dr. Larry Connor the owner and founding member of Wicwas Press, LLC about his experience as a bee keeper,...
06.04.2024
Episode 167: Honey Bee Clustering
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on June 4, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome back Derek Mitchell from the University of Leeds Institute of Thermofluids to talk about his research article, “Honeybee cluster—not insulation...
05.28.2024
Episode 166: Environmental DNA
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on May 28, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Dr. Leigh Boardman—an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Memphis—about Environmental DNA...
05.21.2024
Episode 165: Structural Bee Removal
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on May 21, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Jean Navarro—a beekeeper, pest control operator, and the owner of Mega Bee Rescues and Pest Control—about structural bee...
05.14.2024
Episode 164: The Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP) Program
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on May 14, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Seth Cross, a National Program Manager for ELAP with the Farm Service Agency within the U.S. Department of...
05.07.2024
Episode 163: Sideline Beekeeping in Ecuador
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on May 7, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Manuel Cornejo—a sideline beekeeper from Ecuador—about what it’s like to be a beekeeper in Ecuador and some of its unique...
04.30.2024
Episode 162: Amitraz Resistance in Varroa
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on April 30, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Dr. Frank Rinkevich, a Research Entomologist at the USDA-ARS Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Laboratory in Baton...
04.23.2024
Episode 161: Darwinian Beekeeping
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on April 23, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Dr. Lewis Bartlett, an Assistant Professor at the Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases at the Odum...
04.16.2024
Episode 160: Vespa velutina: The Yellow-Legged Hornet
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on April 16, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Dr. James Fulton, a research scientist at the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Honey Bee Diagnostic...
04.09.2024
Episode 159: Farm Safety and H2A
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on April 9, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Dr. Kim Morgan, an Extension Economist, who is an associate professor at the Southwest Florida Research and Education...
04.02.2024
Episode 158: Global Beekeeping
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on April 2, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Dr. Jeff Pettis, the President of Apimondia, about the organization, global challenges, the future of beekeeping, and more....
03.26.2024
Episode 157: Backyard Beekeeping and Minimizing Losses
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on March 26, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Theresa Martin, a Cornell Master Beekeeper, about minimizing losses as a backyard beekeeper, sensors, logging, and more. This...
03.19.2024
Episode 156: Commercial Beekeeping
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on March 19, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Leo Rukin, a commercial beekeeper here in Florida, about cranberry pollination, bogs, migratory beekeeping, and more. This episode...
03.18.2024
Episode 155.5: Special Announcement
In this special episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on March 18, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu have a very exciting announcement: Two Bees in a Podcast is back! Tune in Tuesdays at noon for new...
12.12.2023
Episode 155: Hearing about Honey bee Nutrition
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on December 12, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Dr. Priya Basu, an assistant professor in pollinator health and apiculture at Mississippi State University, on honey bee...
12.01.2023
Episode 154: Addressing Food Insecurity with The Herban Bee
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on December 1, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Mika Hardison, a beekeeper, educator and founder of The Herban Bee in Jacksonville, Florida, on value added products...
11.17.2023
Episode 153: Beekeeping in Brazil
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on November 17, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Dr. Samir Moura Kadri, a post-doctoral research scholar (currently at the UF Honey Bee Lab) in the College...
11.10.2023
Episode 152: Discovering Bee Data with HiveTracks App
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on November 10, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with James Wilkes, the founder of HiveTracks and a computer science professor at Appalachian State University in North Carolina,...
11.03.2023
Episode 151: PAm Bridging Research and Beekeepers
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on November 3, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Danielle Downey, with Project Apis m. on the work that they do and how it helps beekeepers. This...
10.21.2023
Episode 150: Beekeeping in Thailand
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on October 21, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Guntima Suwannapong, a leader of the honey bee laboratory in the department of biology from Burhapa in Thailand,...
10.13.2023
Episode 149: Drones Galore!
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on October 13, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Garrett Slater, a post-doctoral researcher, from USDA ARS Honey Bee Breeding Genetics and Physiology in Baton Rouge, Louisiana....
10.06.2023
Episode 148: The Cape Honey Bee and Small Hive Beetles
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on October 6, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Peter Neumann, the Director of the Institute of Bee Health in Switzerland, on the Cape Honey Bee and...
09.29.2023
Episode 147: Generational Beekeeping and Queen Breeding with Ted Miksa
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on September 29, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Ted Miksa, a queen breeder with Miksa Honey Farm and Chairman of the Florida Honey Bee Technical Council on...
08.03.2023
Episode 146: Getting to know Hives for Heroes
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on August 3, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Steve Jimenez, a US veteran and founder of beekeeping nonprofit Hives for Heroes from Houston, Texas. This episode concludes...
07.28.2023
Episode 145: Bees on the Dance Floor (aka, the Virginia Landscape)
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on July 28, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Brad Ohlinger, a PhD researcher from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, on honey bee communication and foraging systems....
07.13.2023
Episode 144: Getting Ready for EAS
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on July 13, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Mary Duane and Lou Naylor, leaders from the Eastern Apicultural Society in Massachusetts, on the upcoming 2023 Eastern Apicultural...
07.05.2023
Episode 143: All About the Commercial Beekeeping, Honey! with Bob Binnie
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on July 5, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Bob Binnie, a commercial beekeeper and owner of Blue Ridge Honey Company from in Lakemont, Georgia, on using...
06.21.2023
Episode 142: All About Extension, Honey! with Jason Graham
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on June 21, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Jason Graham, a former UF HBREL researcher and Program Director at Planet Bee Foundation in California, on his journey...
06.15.2023
Episode 141: Testing Bee Genes
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on June 15, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Mohamed Alburaki, a researcher from USDA ARS in Beltsville, Maryland, on diversity and genetic testing of bees. This...
06.07.2023
Episode 140: Controlling Pests and Pathogens with Sunflowers
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on June 7, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Evan Palmer-Young, a USDA ARS post-doctoral researcher at the Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, on the relationship...
05.10.2023
Episode 139: All About the Money, Honey! with Sierra Malnove
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on May 10, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Sierra Malnove, a beekeeper and small business owner of Creamed Honey Company from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on...
04.19.2023
Episode 138: Guessing Hive Size and Strength with Infrared Technology
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on April 19, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Lauren Goldstein, a graduate student researcher from Michigan State and former UF HBREL intern on imaging hives with...
04.12.2023
Episode 137: All About the Farmers Markets, Honey! with Beth Murphy
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on April 12, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Beth Murphy, a beekeeper and owner of Southern Bees LLC of High Springs, FL, on turning her products...
04.05.2023
Episode 136: Let's Talk about the Bee Informed Partnership
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on April 5, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Selina Bruckner, a postdoctoral researcher with Penn State and Nathalie Steinhauer, a University of Maryland Entomologist and science...
03.29.2023
Episode 135: Shipping Queen Cells
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on March 29, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Ellen Topitzhofer, a senior faculty research assistant from the Honey Bee Laboratory Department of Horticulture in Oregon State University and...
03.22.2023
Episode 134: The Many Arts of Beekeeping with Karen Boger
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on March 22, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Karen Boger, a beekeeper from Florida all about her artistic beekeeping hobbies and products. This episode concludes with...
03.08.2023
Episode 133: All About the Money, Honey! with Melanie Kirby
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on March 8, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Melanie Kirby, an Indigenous American queen breeder and owner of Zia Queenbees from New Mexico, on how she...
03.01.2023
Episode 132: Student Beekeeping in Thailand
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on March 1st, 2023, Two Bees producer Serra Sowers speaks with Lauren Roberts, a beekeeper and current entomology undergraduate from the University of Florida in Gainesville, on beekeeping in Thailand....
02.22.2023
Episode 131: Follow-up on Microplastics
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on February 22, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu follow-up with Mica Buteler, a researcher from CONISET National Institute for Science and Technology from Argentina, on microplastics and finding...
02.15.2023
Episode 130: Controlling Varroa Through Genetic Technology
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on February 15, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Nicky Faber, a PhD candidate from the laboratory of genetics in the department of plant sciences at Wageningen University...
02.08.2023
Episode 129: All About the Money, Honey! with Virginia Webb
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on February 8, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with award-winning honey producer Virginia Webb from Clarksville, Georgia on honey shows and making money with honey. This episode...
01.25.2023
Episode 128: Catching up with Two Bees
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on January 25, 2023, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu introduce our new season and talk about trends in the industry expected this year. This episode concludes with a Stump...
01.18.2023
Bonus Episode: Final Stump the Chump 2022
Happy Wednesday, Beekeepers! This week, we have a Q&A; segment from our archive that was never released last year. Jamie and Amy first recorded this episode at the beginning of December and we wanted to make sure you didn’t miss...
01.11.2023
Happy New Year, Beekeepers!
Happy New Year! We've been busy bees over at the American Beekeeping Federation Annual Conference in Jacksonville. Thanks to those who participated in our live Stump the Chump recording and sharing your questions. While we don't have a full episode...
12.14.2022
Episode 127: Varroa Control Methods in Ontario
Episode 127: Varroa Control Methods in Ontario In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on December 14, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Nuria Morfin, Lead of Technology Research Program and researcher from the Honey...
12.01.2022
Episode 126: December Monthly Management
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on December 1, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu discuss best practices for managing bees in December. This episode concludes with a Q&A; segment. Check out our website ufhoneybee.com...
11.23.2022
Episode 125: Overwintering Colonies -- Indoor or Outdoor?
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on November 23, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Rosanna Punko, an Apiculture Inspector for the Bee Health Assurance Team in Alberta, Canada on Nosema management of...
11.16.2022
Episode 124: Sub-Arctic Beekeeping
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on November 16, 2022, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Etienne Tardiff, a hobbyist beekeeper in Yukon, Canada on sub-Arctic beekeeping. This episode concludes with a Q&A; segment....

What's Two Bees in a Podcast about?

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Two Bees in a Podcast episodes:

Episode 170: Indoor Overwintering Bees

Episode 169: Mental Wellness and Beekeeping

Episode 168: Beekeeping with Larry Connor

Episode 167: Honey Bee Clustering

Episode 166: Environmental DNA

Episode 165: Structural Bee Removal

Episode 164: The Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP) Program

Episode 163: Sideline Beekeeping in Ecuador

Episode 162: Amitraz Resistance in Varroa

Episode 161: Darwinian Beekeeping

Episode 160: Vespa velutina: The Yellow-Legged Hornet

Episode 159: Farm Safety and H2A

Episode 158: Global Beekeeping

Episode 157: Backyard Beekeeping and Minimizing Losses

Episode 156: Commercial Beekeeping

Episode 155.5: Special Announcement

Episode 155: Hearing about Honey bee Nutrition

Episode 154: Addressing Food Insecurity with The Herban Bee

Episode 153: Beekeeping in Brazil

Episode 152: Discovering Bee Data with HiveTracks App

Episode 151: PAm Bridging Research and Beekeepers

Episode 150: Beekeeping in Thailand

Episode 149: Drones Galore!

Episode 148: The Cape Honey Bee and Small Hive Beetles

Episode 147: Generational Beekeeping and Queen Breeding with Ted Miksa

Episode 146: Getting to know Hives for Heroes

Episode 145: Bees on the Dance Floor (aka, the Virginia Landscape)

Episode 144: Getting Ready for EAS

Episode 143: All About the Commercial Beekeeping, Honey! with Bob Binnie

Episode 142: All About Extension, Honey! with Jason Graham

Episode 141: Testing Bee Genes

Episode 140: Controlling Pests and Pathogens with Sunflowers

Episode 139: All About the Money, Honey! with Sierra Malnove

Episode 138: Guessing Hive Size and Strength with Infrared Technology

Episode 137: All About the Farmers Markets, Honey! with Beth Murphy

Episode 136: Let's Talk about the Bee Informed Partnership

Episode 135: Shipping Queen Cells

Episode 134: The Many Arts of Beekeeping with Karen Boger

Episode 133: All About the Money, Honey! with Melanie Kirby

Episode 132: Student Beekeeping in Thailand

Episode 131: Follow-up on Microplastics

Episode 130: Controlling Varroa Through Genetic Technology

Episode 129: All About the Money, Honey! with Virginia Webb

Episode 128: Catching up with Two Bees

Bonus Episode: Final Stump the Chump 2022

Happy New Year, Beekeepers!

Episode 127: Varroa Control Methods in Ontario

Episode 126: December Monthly Management

Episode 125: Overwintering Colonies -- Indoor or Outdoor?

Episode 124: Sub-Arctic Beekeeping