Waxing with Jessie
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Season 3 Episode 1: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Waxing with Jessie We meet Jessie Smulders at Worker and Hive to learn about beeswax, candles, wax crayons, food wraps, and lip balms. We cover it all - from the honey bee to the match stick. And yes, folks, we learn that size really does matter. Jess's website: Green Box Bees: Worker and Hive Bee Supplies:: This episode was recorded in January, 2025. Please subscribe, like, love, and follow. We live or die by your adulation. Podcast website: About Ron Miksha: Finally: email your questions, comments, and angst: ...
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Season 3: Trailer
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Season 3 Episode 0: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Season 3 Trailer The start of a new year and a new podcast season! We take a quick look at the episodes lined up for the year ahead - and we learn what some older beekeepers think of some newer beekeepers. This episode was recorded in January, 2025. Please subscribe, like, love, and follow. We live or die by your adulation. Podcast website: About Ron Miksha: Finally: email your questions, comments, and angst: [email protected]
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Starting the New Year Right!
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Season 2 Episode 12: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Starting the New Year Right! We bring in the 2025 beekeeping year with Bill Rayment, an Alberta legend among beekeepers. Bill recounts getting started with bees (and some advice for all new beekeepers), then catches us up on some of his retirement projects: mentoring Calgary beekeepers, working with the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society's , supplying queen bees for Alberta beekeepers, and making brilliant specialized beekeeping equipment with his 3-D printer. This episode was recorded in December, 2024. Please...
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Bye bye '24
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Season 2 Episode 11: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Bye Bye '24 Our penultimate 2024 episode involves two very big 2024 news stories (Murder Hornets and Importing USA packages into Canada) and a look at Real Deal Honey, Bidzina's label that sponsors Mixed Martial Arts fighters. Definitely an eclectic podcast episode. Enjoy! This episode was recorded in December, 2024. Please subscribe, like, love, and follow. We live or die by your adulation. Podcast website: About Ron Miksha: Finally: email your questions, comments, and angst: [email protected]
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The Christmas Gift
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Season 2 Episode 10: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – The Christmas Gift Thanks to Langstroth's Mom's Christmas gift to the world, we celebrate L.L. Langstroth in this special Christmas episode. Langstroth, born on Christmas Day in 1810, discovered bee space and invented a pragmatic hive with moveable frames. His story is froth with trials, lawsuits, rejection, and especially his profound suffering from a mental illness that gave little respite. But his story is also inspirational. Enjoy this and have a nice Christmas holiday season. This episode was recorded in December, 2024....
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The Shortest Day
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Season 2 Episode 9: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – The Shortest Day What do bees do on the shortest day of the year? We take a quick look at the state of affairs of bumble bees, after turning their blood into antifreeze and entering a suspended animation under the snow, and then honey bees, clustered up tightly in a snug bug ball, vibrating their detatched wing muscles. This episode was recorded in December, 2024. Please subscribe, like, love, and follow. We live or die by your adulation. Podcast website: About Ron Miksha: Finally: email your questions, comments, and...
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Granulated Honey
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Season 2 Episode 8: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Granulated Honey This episode focuses on granulation, with special attention to four keys for prevention of crystallization in the comb. Some floral types (canola, manzanita, mesquite, cotton) can granulate before beekeepers have a chance to remove and extract the frames. We cover this, some ecology side-issues, and catch the sniffles and growls of a little white dog named Misty. This episode was recorded in September, 2024. Please subscribe, like, love, and follow. We live or die by your adulation. Podcast website: About...
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About Bees Mailbox
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Season 2 Episode 7: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – About Bees Podcast We begin with a bit of talk about road trips and especially an eleven-hour drive that Ron was preparing to take in September to Val Marie, Saskatchewan, from Calgary, Alberta. Then, we open the mailbox to answer these questions: Can a hive of honey bees be too good for winter? Do I have to wrap hives with insolation for winter? What about beewashing? Beewashing is not my friend. Can honey cure tuberculosis, cancer, and hairloss? What are the logistics of cleaning up a bee spill off a truck on a highway?...
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What would Plato do with Drones?
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Season 2 Episode 6: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – What would Plato do with Drones? Ah, yes. Our philosopher-contributor is back. Daniel Miksha shows us how Plato abuses bees by making them into an allegory for the ruthless (but ultimately justified) murder of unproductive members of society. After a brief detour into the early history of Greece and the nation of Georgia, we focus on Plato's Republic and the ancient Greek philosopher's five forms of government, of which (in Plato's mind), democracy is one of the worst. Why? Because of the drones, of course. Please...
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HiveIQ: A Smart Hive from Australia
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Season 2 Episode 5: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – HiveIQ: A Smart Hive from Australia In this episode, we welcome Victor Croker of Australia’s HiveIQ. Victor is a third-generation beekeeper (his grandmother started the business), with 1500 colonies. The bees motivated him and his partners to design a better hive. They wanted something to help honey bees survive Australia’s heat as well as the cold on other continents. The result is a modular hive of a smart and attractive design. Our conversation ranges from an overview of Australia’s honey sources,...
info_outlineSeason 1 Episode 3: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast - Do Bees Feel Pain?
We often expect to be on the receiving end of pain - whether from a broken elbow or from the tail-end of a bee. But what about bees? Do small creatures feel pain? Is it just a matter of defining pain in a way that we can claim bees feel no pain - or that they do, indeed feel pain? Or is the sensation of feeling pain so complicated that it defies a definition? Do bees simply react without actually 'feeling' anything? Or are they as anguished as humans when they suffer injuries?
We explore this question with McGill neuroscience student Daniel Miksha so we can better understand this issue and so we can begin to recognize our potential responsibilities respecting the ethical treatment of bees. Let's go!
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