What does it take to make money selling honey? It's Marketing 101 for beekeepers! This episode of Bee Love Beekeeping features an interview with Danielle Brooks, whose experience turning a small beekeeping hobby into a real ...
Host Eric Bennett reaches out all the way to Gloucestershire, England to have a discussion with Stuart Roweth, beekeeper and inventor of Bee Gym and Bee Gym Slim. Stuart is on a mission to help bees fight back against varroa ...
In this episode of Bee Love Beekeeping, host Eric Bennett wraps up a three-part conversation with Mann Lake's Kim and Steph — two experienced and enthusiastic beekeepers — covering the final entries on their top 10 list of de...
What gear do beginning beekeepers need? What PPE do you need? Where do you place your hives? Where do you buy your bees? Smokers? Hive tools? All of these questions, and more, are answered here in Part 2 of our discussi...
Don't Start Beekeeping Until You Have Made These 10 Decisions (Part 1) Host Eric Bennett sits down with Kim and Steph — seasoned beekeepers and popular TikTok content creators — to kick off an exciting multi-episode series co...
In this heartfelt and information-packed episode of Bee Love Beekeeping , we begin with an important update on new research revealing that neonicotinoid pesticides are even more harmful to honeybees than previously understood...
Beekeeping Winterization, Mentors, Varroa, Single Brood Management, Swarms, Advice for New Beekeepers... This episode is packed! In this episode of Bee Love Beekeeping, we dive deep into the world of honeybees and the humans ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
