Beekeeping Today Podcast

Joe Traynor is a bee broker in the almond orchards of California. Joe smoothes the business interactions between the beekeeper/pollinator and the almond grower. He has been in the pollination business since the early '70s and has seen it all. He has written several books and has donated the proceeds to bee research. Book titles (available on Amazon) include "Honey: The Gourmet Medicine" and "Ideas in Soil and Plant Nutrition". Later in the episode, Kim provides his perspective on the value a broker provides the beekeeper. Find out more about Pollination Week at Pollinator.org. Questions/Comments: [email protected] Thanks to Bee Culture, the Magazine of American Beekeeping, for their support of The Beekeeping Today Podcast. Available in print and digital at www.beeculture.com Thanks for listening! Podcast music: Young Presidents, "Be Strong"

Matthew Shepherd is the Director of Communications and Outreach for the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Jeff and Kim invited Matthew to Beekeeping Today Podcast to discuss the Xerces Society's various programs including Protecting Pollinators, Monarch and Bumble Bee Conservation, and finally Xerces' various Citizen Science undertakings. Afterwards, Kim provides his perspective on invertebrate conservation programs and their importance to beekeepers, in his Inner Covered. Xerces Society - www.xerces.org Questions/Comments: [email protected] Thanks to Bee Culture, the Magazine of American Beekeeping, for their support of The Beekeeping Today Podcast. Available in print and digital at www.beeculture.com Thanks for listening! Podcast music: Young Presidents, "Be Strong"

John is a commercial beekeeper who splits his time between Newcastle, CA, and Gackle, ND. We invited John to the podcast to discuss the challenges facing commercial pollinators in the almond orchards and the movement of bees back out to the prairies of North Dakota. Later on in the episode, Kim provides his perspective on the pollination business and the beekeeper. Learn more about John's business at: https://www.millerhoneyfarms.com Find out more about Pollination Week at Pollinator.org. Questions/Comments: [email protected] Thanks to Bee Culture, the Magazine of American Beekeeping, for their support of The Beekeeping Today Podcast. Available in print and digital at www.beeculture.com Thanks for listening! Podcast music: Young Presidents, "Be Strong"

Jeff and Kim speak with Amber Barnes of Pollinator Partnership (www.pollinator.org) about their many different projects, including Monarch program and pollinator habitat protection. Later in the episode, Kim discusses the health and future of pollinators during his Inner Covered observations. Special focus of this episode is Pollinator week, June 18-24, 2018 Questions/Comments: [email protected] Thanks to Bee Culture, the Magazine of American Beekeeping, for their support of The Beekeeping Today Podcast. Available in print and digital at www.beeculture.com Thanks for listening! Podcast music: Young Presidents, "Be Strong"

An introduction to the Beekeeping Today Podcast, presented by Bee Culture Magazine! Questions/Comments: [email protected] Thanks to Bee Culture, the Magazine of American Beekeeping, for their support of The Beekeeping Today Podcast. Available in print and digital at www.beeculture.com Thanks for listening! Podcast music: Young Presidents, "Be Strong"