BEES! Hives, honey, and how to keep them as outdoor pets. Meet melittologist and President of the Urban Beekeepers Association, Amanda Shaw. She and Alie cozy up in a weird hotel in Portland to chat about honeybees vs. native ones, how to become a beekeeper, social savagery that rivals Game of Thrones, if you should eat honey to deal with seasonal allergies, what happens in the drone zone (hint: boning) and how we can SAVE THESE FRIGGIN BEES. Also: what happens when 15,000 bees go through a carwash.
Ps: I meant to post this last night when the episode went up but I got in late from the airport and somehow fell asleep in the middle of eating hummus. I don't understand how it happened. Anyway!
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For more on Amanda Shaw, see WaggleWorksPDX.com
Some links that you might enjoy:
Where all all these damn bees going, tho
“More Than Honey” trailer will scare your pants off
Basic beekeeping set at Amazon
Bee venom is complicated, okay?
LL Langstroth -- I said 1950s but I meant 1850s! Plz don't @ me
Quaking tooting piping, oh my!
Waggle Works, Amanda's bee consulting company
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Sound editing by Steven Ray Morris
Music by Nick Thorburn