Two Bees in a Podcast

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 (eDNA), how it works in the honey bee world, and how it might be beneficial to beekeepers in the future. This episode concludes with a Q&a

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 removal. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.

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 Agriculture, about what he manages on the national level: the emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish (ELAP) program. This episode concludes w

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 aspects. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.

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 Rouge, Louisiana about Amitraz resistance. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resour

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 School of Ecology, about darwinian beekeeping. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from toda

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 Laboratory, about Vespa velutina—more commonly known as the yellow-legged hornet. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website

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 Center at the University of Florida. They discuss safety in the apiary, risk management, heat illness, the H-2A program, and more. This episode concludes with

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. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.

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 episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.