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Jan. 29, 2026

101 Beekeeping Tips With Deb Klughers

In this information-packed episode of Bee Love Beekeeping , we welcome master beekeeper Deborah Klughers for a rapid-fire deep dive into practical, real-world beekeeping. Building off her legendary “100+ tips” for beekeepers ...
Jan. 22, 2026

Beekeeping Hobby Gone Too Far!

In this episode, we explore the fascinating world of honey bees , looking at how bees communicate, work together, and inspire humans—from scientists to everyday beekeepers . The show opens with a brief reflection on honey bee...
Jan. 15, 2026

How Much Do You Really Know About Honey Bees & Beekeeping?

Conversation with Dr. Jason Graham, Ph.D. Questions asked and answered. In this episode, we kick off our coverage from the North American Honey Bee Expo with an in-depth and surprisingly entertaining conversation with entomol...
Jan. 8, 2026

Inside The Mind of a Commercial Beekeeper - 2026 Preview

In this episode, we reconnect with Chris Hiatt , past president of the American Honey Producers Association and a lifelong commercial beekeeper managing 18,000 colonies across North Dakota, California, and Washington. Chris r...
Jan. 2, 2026

Beekeeping's Biggest Challenges - "North American Bee Strategy"

In this episode, we kick off Season 3 by diving deep into the North American Bee Strategy with special guest Matt Mulica of the Honey Bee Health Coalition. Together, we explore the biggest challenges facing honey bees and bee...
Dec. 26, 2025

Treating Hay Fever With Bee Products - Apitherapy with Dr. Stefan Stangaciu, Pt. 3

"Desensitization" is the key , but how is it applied? In this final installment of the Apitherapy series, we return to Romania to sit down once more with Dr. Stefan Stangaciu, MD , beekeeper and one of the world’s leading aut...
Dec. 18, 2025

How to Treat Burns With Honey - Plus Bee Venom Therapy, Pt. 2

Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Stefan Stangaciu : In this episode of Bee Love Beekeeping, we discuss the step-by-step approach to treating burns with honey. Then we shift to bee venom therapy to treat all kinds of illne...
Dec. 11, 2025

Miracles of Propolis - Apitherapy with Dr. Stefan Stangaciu, Pt. 1

Join host Eric Bennett and Dr. Ștefan Stangaciu, MD from Romania. Dr. Stangaciu is the world’s leading authority on apitherapy , as well as being a beekeeper, medical doctor, and president of the International Federation of ...
Dec. 4, 2025

Mann Lake CEO Opens Up About The Company and Industry

In this rich and wide-ranging conversation, host Eric Bennett, welcomes Rob Wright , CEO of Mann Lake, for an honest and surprisingly personal look at the current state of the beekeeping industry. From swarm-catching mishaps ...
Nov. 28, 2025

Beekeeping Industry Overview, Threats & News

In this episode of Be Love Beekeeping , Eric and Bee Culture editor Jerry Hayes break down the aftermath of the 2024–25 winter honey bee die-off , where roughly 1.6 million colonies were lost. They discuss how Varroa-spread v...
Nov. 20, 2025

Fire Engulfs Entire Beekeeping Business - What Now?

In this deeply moving episode of Be Love Beekeeping , we meet Utah commercial beekeeper Prenten Frazier of Beehive State Honey , whose 5-generation family operation was recently devastated by a catastrophic warehouse fire. Pr...
Nov. 14, 2025

Cedar Anderson, Co-Inventor of Flow Hive & Super Lifter

Learn How to Lift a Heavy Honey Super With ONE Hand. This episode of Be Love Beekeeping opens with a poetic reflection on honeybees and the sometimes-clumsy humans who care for them, then pivots into a very real problem most ...
Nov. 6, 2025

Commercial Queen Bee Producer - Tips & Secrets to Success

GENETICS MATTER! Host, Eric Bennett takes us from poetic honeybee musings straight into the practical world of queen bee production on Hawaiʻi Island. After a heartwarming news segment about 9-year-old beekeeper Nicholas Bard...
Oct. 30, 2025

Treatment-Free Beekeeping, Why & How?

Host Eric welcomes Kevin O’Connor of Bee Boys Apiary from Waiohinu on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi to talk about what many consider one of the spiciest topics in beekeeping: treatment-free, regenerative beekeeping. Before the in...
Oct. 23, 2025

How to Make Money Beekeeping - Wisdom from a 50 Year Commercial Beekeeper!

What can you learn from a 50 year beekeeper? Chuck Kutik opens up about everything he has learned about beekeeping and making money in the business of bees, over the years. In this engaging episode, host Eric Bennett welcomes...
Oct. 17, 2025

Norroa: "Birth Control for Varroa Mites"

Has Varroa met it's match? Is there really a birth control for mites? Beekeepers celebrate with this episode of Bee Love Beekeeping! We start with a love letter to honeybees and the beekeepers who tend them, then head to the...
Oct. 9, 2025

Making Mead & Money With Beekeeping - Guest Rick Reault

Massachusetts beekeeper and entrepreneur Rick Reault (New England Beekeeping / The Colony ) joins Eric for a deep, joyful dive into bees and business—from his first disastrous mead batch to an award-winning traditional made w...
Oct. 2, 2025

Beekeeping On Kangaroo Island - No Varroa Mites

From a Varroa-free outpost off Australia’s southern coast, beekeeper Shawn Hinves of Kangaroo Island shares how a family operation running 350 hives of pure Ligurian honey bees navigates biosecurity, fire recovery, and the re...
Sept. 27, 2025

How to Save the Honey Bees, and Butterflies, and Other Pollinators

Opening was recorded at Apimondia in Copenhagen. This episode blends field notes and a feel-good interview with Elsa Gallagher of the Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund. Practical beekeeping takeaways: habitat is the foundation fo...
Sept. 18, 2025

Beehive Winter Prep, Amitraz Resistance & Crazy Beekeeping Stories

"It was sheer panic!" That's how Amber explains her wild & crazy beekeeping story. In this episode of Bee Love Beekeeping, we open with a poetic ode to honeybees and a couple of “beekeeper bloopers,” then sit down with Amber ...
Sept. 11, 2025

More Ways To Make $$ From Your Honey Bees - Hawaiian Beekeeper Katie Metzger

How many sources of income do your beehives produce? If it's just honey sales and a few wax products, you will want to listen to this episode! In this week's Bee-Love Beekeeping, we explore the magic of honeybee navigation an...
Sept. 4, 2025

New Beehive Design - 120 R-Value, Twice The Honey

This episode features a beekeeper -engineer’s quest to copy what a honey bee colony does naturally in a hollow tree—and to put that into a production hive. Alex Gamberoni of Primal Bee, shares how repeated winter losses drove...
Aug. 28, 2025

Very Natural Beekeeping In Scotland

Working With Bees instead of Managing Bees. In this episode, Eric takes us across the pond to southwest Scotland for a heartfelt conversation with Titanilla Kiss, a natural beekeeper originally from Budapest, Hungary. Tita s...
Aug. 21, 2025

The Future of Beekeeping

This episode of Bee Love Beekeeping takes listeners on a journey from the ancient art of beekeeping to the frontiers of agricultural technology. Host Eric Bennett sits down with Eliyah Radzyner of Beewise to discuss the urgen...