Episodes

  • Brian Spiesman w/ Bee Machine- EP016 Hyve Time™ Beekeeping Podcast
    Nov 18 2022

    On today's episode, I sit down with Brian Spiesman, a community and landscape ecologist at the University of Kansas, who is broadly interested in how environmental change affects the diversity and function of ecological communities. He has a focus on understanding how land cover change affects communities of plants and their pollinators. The goal of his research is to wrangle knowledge of complex systems for the effective conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services.

    Brian also helped create the Bee Machine™, an application for identifying bumble bee species using machine learning. We discuss the Bee Machine and what it does, how it was developed, how it works, and the future of the application. We also discuss the relationship between habitat and the web of species that rely on each other for survival.


    Links to Brian's work and SM accounts-

    Brians Twitter- https://twitter.com/BrianSpiesman

    Brian's Website- https://spiesmanecology.com/

    Bee Machine Twitter- https://twitter.com/BeeMachineAI

    Bee Machine Website- https://beemachine.ai/


    Sponsor- Kinnickinnic Bees

    If you are looking for package bees or nucs, Kinnickinnic Bees has you covered check it out at -https://www.kinnibees.com/order-honey-bees

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    47 mins
  • Beekeeping with Beefit YouTuber Emily Pedzinski- Hyve Time Podcast EP015
    Nov 14 2022

    I sit down with Emily Pedzinski, a YouTube™ beekeeper blazing her path in her beekeeping business. Emily joins to discuss her YouTube™ channel and how she is using Discord to help reach her audience and grow her beekeeping business as it evolves into different beekeeping strategies as well as how she hopes to grow her business.  


    Emily's Links- 

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjwvWim46dlNGsgwqmu1HMA 

    https://discord.gg/6SCzY7JZ 


    Follow Mike- 

    https://twitter.com/solarwoof13

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    35 mins
  • Dr. Heather Grab on Bees and Cannabis- EP017 Hyve Time™ Beekeeping Podcast
    Nov 11 2022

    Hyve Time™ Podcast Episode #17  We are back at it with this episode as I sit down with Dr. Heather Grab, an Entomologist from Cornell University in NY. We discuss many different topics, such as, habitat on farms and their interactions with local native bee populations and how honey bees may be competing for resources in limited habitat areas, as well as how honey bees as well as native bees interact with the hemp/ cannabis plant.   


    For more information on Dr. Heather Grab- 

    heathergrab@cornell.edu 

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-grab/

    landscape-agroecology.com 

    https://cals.cornell.edu/heather-grab 


    Check out our sponsor Kinnickinnic Bees  @Kinnickinnic Bees  - 

    A place to purchase your hybrid mite-resistant bee packages and nucs www.kinnibees.com/order-honey-bees  


    Follow Mike, the host- 

    https://twitter.com/solarwoof13 

    https://twitter.com/HyperHyve

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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Beekeeper Emily Bondor of the Santa Cruz Bee Company- We discuss Social Media, beekeeping, and Treatment-Free- Episode #14
    Aug 11 2022

    I sat down and interviewed Emily Bondor, owner and operator of Santa Cruz Bee Company where we discuss social media and growing your following as well as beekeeping education and mentoring. We touch on how Emily got started with beekeeping and why she has chosen to manage treatment-free. You can reach out to Emily and Santa Cruz Bee Company by following her and the company on:

    Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl3sveaaW4vCGhPdaylTrbA

    Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/santacruzbeeco/

    Company Website- https://www.santacruzbeecompany.com


    Don't forget to follow her and the company and if you have a need for mentoring or a group event in the Santa Cruz, CA area reach out. And don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsplMNFEZJCXBUmEAK6YQRg and our podcast at- https://www.hyperhyve.com/hyve-time-beekeeping-podcast


    Sponsor the Host Mike at- https://www.patreon.com/join/8306560/checkout?ru=undefined

    Mikes Twitter- https://twitter.com/solarwoof13


    Tools used in recording this podcast- 

    Mic- https://amzn.to/3QllVj2

    Camera/ Computer- https://amzn.to/3BTTJj4

    Mic Boom- https://amzn.to/3PlIHpI

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Dr. Kaira Wagoner on UBO Honey Bee Essay | Will UBO will be the new VSH? | Testing bees for a Unhealthy Brood Odor Response- Hyve Time Episode 013
    Aug 5 2022

    I sit down with Dr. Kaira Wagoner who has discovered a new, simpler, and more effective way to detect honey bee colonies that express varroa hygienic behavior through the detection of unhealthy brood via odors produced by the brood. This discovery will help the industry with her new business detect and identify much more easily and with higher precision, which colonies may manage diseases and pests like the varroa mite extremely effectively.   Her process involves spraying compounds that have been synthetically processed to mimic the scents injured brood emit when attacked by mites and other pests and diseases. The hygienic colonies then open each cell up by chewing the capping off and within 2 hours you as a beekeeper will have an identifiable score for each colony.  

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    Links: 

    Contact Dr. Wagoner- email: opterallp@gmail.com 

    Research Paper- https://www.hyperhyve.com/dr-kaira-wagoner-ubo-essay-hygienic-bees

    Support the show @ Patreon: Mike James- https://www.patreon.com/solarwoof13

    Citizen Scientist Kit- https://amzn.to/3Q4hU2u

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    44 mins
  • Beekeeping News/ Updates for August- What is UBO? Bee declines and more- Hyve Time™ EP012
    Aug 4 2022

    Stay up to date on the beekeeping world, and today we discuss the latest beekeeping news and talk about a new testing essay called UBO.

    Today's news is brought to you by the Hyve Time™ host "Mike James" who discusses some of the top stories from the last week on honey bees, beekeeping, and a weekly tip. Today's tip covers hummingbird feeders.

    So, if you want to stay up to date on beekeeping news, don't forget to follow and subscribe to the show. And you can check out our other episodes at https://www.hyperhyve.com/hyve-time-beekeeping-podcast

    This episode sponsor is the Beekeepers Hub, where beekeepers can join to belong to local communities, participate in online and live training, as well as get special access to podcast interviews, events, and much more. You can check it out at https://www.beekeepershub.com/

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    24 mins
  • The Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund w/ Peter Berthelsen- Episode 011 of Hyve Time™
    Jul 6 2022

    We sit down with Peter Berthelsen again to talk about the Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund which is helping people give gifts of pollination projects and free seeds for anyone looking to start a prairie to help benefit butterflies, honey bees, and other native pollinators. If you have a project in mind of over 2 acres this fund will send you FREE seeds. This is a must-listen-to find out how the program works and Peter discusses the benefits of the program as well as some of the other things the fund helps with as it pertains to pollinators.   

    Links: 

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    Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund Website- https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/ 

    Gifts that Grow- https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/give.html 

    Seed a Legacy- https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/seed-a-legacy-program.html 

    Schedule a Webinar- https://www.beeandbutterflyfund.org/contact-us.html 

    Social Media Links- https://www.facebook.com/BeeAndButterflyFund/ 

    Site Prep Herbicide- https://amzn.to/3RgMCqf 

    Battery Powered Herbicide Sprayer- https://amzn.to/3OMpmic 

    Soybean seeds- https://amzn.to/3NH1R8V

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    59 mins
  • Beekeeping & 🐝 News- June 2022- Australia Now Has the Varroa Mite- Hyve Time™ EP010
    Jun 27 2022

    Mike James covers some of the news in the beekeeping world over the past week and if you haven't heard, Australia has its first detection of the Varroa Mite. Also covered is a new discovery on a microbe in the colony that is protecting the honey bee larvae. 

    Links on some of the news- 

    https://news.iu.edu/stories/2022/06/iub/releases/27-honey-bee-protective-microbe-study.html

    https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity/seasonal-pests-and-diseases/spring/varroa-mite?fbclid=IwAR0zwEpHCMdBaWQr9OeRoV3zjK81QbfATqkEumtG7En9GGYt3uuisZTKZu4&fs=e&s=cl


    Help Mike James continue doing the show by supporting him personally at Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/solarwoof13?fan_landing=true

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    23 mins