Bees of all sorts are the engines of agriculture and the glue of ecology. Join us as we explore everything About Bees, Culture, and Curiosity.
About Bees, Culture & Curiosity
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Bees of all sorts are the engines of agriculture and the glue of ecology. Join us as we explore everything About Bees, Culture, and Curiosity.
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June 20, 2026
Left Behind: After the Honey Bee Rapture
<p>Season 8 Episode 10: <strong>About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Left Behind: </strong><strong><span lang= "EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">After the Honey Bee Rapture </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">What happens inside a honey bee hive after a swarm leaves?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">In this episode of <strong>About Bees, Culture, and Curiosity</strong>, Ron Miksha follows the parent colony after half the bees depart with the old queen. The story explores why bees swarm, how many bees leave, what remains behind, why swarm queen cells often produce excellent queens, and how new research on queen-cell architecture suggests that bees do more than feed queens royal jelly - they build specialized royal nurseries.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">The episode also examines virgin queen piping, queen fights, afterswarms, mating flights, genetic turnover, honey crop losses, and the remarkable resilience of the old hive. Swarming may frustrate beekeepers, but for honey bees it is colony-level reproduction - one of nature's oldest and most successful survival strategies.</span></p> <p data-start="1613" data-end="1812">Recorded in Calgary, June 2026</p> <p class="MsoListBulletCxSpFirst" style= "margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style= "font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Fang, Y. et al. Queen cell architecture shapes honey bee queen development. Nature. 2026. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10534-3. PubMed record: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42236932/</span></p> <p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle" style= "margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style= "font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">UC Riverside News. "How honeybees really crown their queens." June 3, 2026.</span></p> <p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle" style= "margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style= "font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Chemical & Engineering News. "Queen bees emerge from special wax chambers." June 3, 2026.</span></p> <p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle" style= "margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style= "font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">University of Florida IFAS Extension. "Swarm Control for Managed Beehives." ENY-160/IN970.</span></p> <p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle" style= "margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style= "font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Jim Tew, Bee Culture. "General Honey Bee Swarm Biology and Management (Part 1)."</span></p> <p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle" style= "margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style= "font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Thomas D. Seeley and Martin Lindauer traditions on swarm decision-making and nest-site selection, especially as discussed in Seeley's <strong>Honeybee Democracy</strong> and related <strong>American Scientist</strong> coverage.</span></p> <p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle" style= "margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in;"> <span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">· <span style= "font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">E.O. Wilson's Pulitzer Prize books: On Human Nature (1979); The Ants (with Bert Hölldobler, 1991)</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle" style= "margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style= "font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Tom Wenseleers. "Superorganism Revisited." BioScience 59(8), 2009, noting William Morton Wheeler's early use of the superorganism concept.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Please subscribe, like, love, and follow. We live or die by your adulation. </strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Podcast website: <a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/540327/site">https://sites.libsyn.com/540327/site</a><br /> About Ron Miksha: <a href= "https://about-bees.org/about-ron/">https://about-bees.org/about-ron/</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Finally: email your questions, comments, and angst: miksha@gmail.com</strong></p>
June 5, 2026
Scotland through a Beekeeper's Eyes
<p>Season 8 Episode 9: <strong>About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Scotland through a Beekeeper's Eyes </strong></p> <div data-block-type="BLOCK_TYPE_PARAGRAPH"> <p data-start="1007" data-end="1307">Join me on a journey through Scotland as I explore Edinburgh, Inverness, the Highlands, Loch Ness, and the famous Scottish heather moors. What began as a visit with my daughter, who studies at the University of Edinburgh, quickly became an opportunity to see Scotland through the eyes of a beekeeper.</p> <p data-start="1309" data-end="1607">Along the way, I discover why Scotland's landscapes are so different from those of western Canada, learn about the country's history and culture, sample authentic heather honey, travel by train through the Highlands, and reflect on the people, language, food, and scenery that make Scotland unique.</p> <p data-start="1609" data-end="1757">We'll talk about heather, honey bees, canola, bramble, Gaelic place names, Dolly the cloned sheep, haggis, and even a surprising Scottish heat wave.</p> <p data-start="1759" data-end="1892">Whether you're interested in bees, travel, history, or simply curious about Scotland, I think you'll enjoy coming along for the ride.</p> </div> <p data-start="1613" data-end="1812">Recorded in Scotland, May 2026</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Please subscribe, like, love, and follow. We live or die by your adulation. <br /></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Podcast website: <a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/540327/site">https://sites.libsyn.com/540327/site</a><br /> About Ron Miksha: <a href= "https://about-bees.org/about-ron/">https://about-bees.org/about-ron/</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Finally: email your questions, comments, and angst: miksha@gmail.com</strong></p>
May 24, 2026
Black Locust: Appalachia's Gift to World Beekeeping
<p>Season 8 Episode 8: <strong>About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Black Locust: Appalachia's Gift to World Beekeeping </strong></p> <p>One of Europe's most famous honey trees actually came from the Appalachian Mountains of North America.</p> <div data-block-type="BLOCK_TYPE_PARAGRAPH"> <p class="MsoNormal">In this episode of About Bees, Culture, and Curiosity, we follow the remarkable story of Robinia pseudoacacia, black locust, also known across Europe as "acacia." Originally a minor honey plant of disturbed Appalachian forests, this fast-growing legume escaped its native range and became one of the most widely planted trees on Earth.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We explore how black locust spread through France, Hungary, Korea, Japan, and beyond; why beekeepers prize its short but spectacular nectar flow; and how its pale, mild, slow-crystallizing honey became one of Europe's best-known honey types.</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">Along the way, we look at:</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> the confusion between true acacias and false acacia<br /> why black locust often performs better outside North America<br /> its use for fence posts, mine reclamation, and erosion control<br /> the tree's role in carbon capture, and<br /> the controversy over how this bee tree is also an invasive ecological threat</p> </div> <p data-start="1613" data-end="1812">Recorded in Calgary, May 2026</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Please subscribe, like, love, and follow. We live or die by your adulation. <br /></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Podcast website: <a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/540327/site">https://sites.libsyn.com/540327/site</a><br /> About Ron Miksha: <a href= "https://about-bees.org/about-ron/">https://about-bees.org/about-ron/</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Finally: email your questions, comments, and angst: miksha@gmail.com</strong></p>
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