We are excited to share our "Two Bees in a Podcast". Have questions or comments? Please contact us at honeybee@ifas.ufl.edu

• Episode 1: Introduction to the UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab

  Meet your “Two Bees in a Podcast” hosts, learn about their positions and experiences, find out more about what to expect from this podcast, and how you can be more involved!

• Episode 2: The UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory

  Learn about the HBREL, UF Instructional Programs, and what it means to have a Healthy Colony.

  Notes and additional resources

  Instruction: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honey-bee/instruction/ 

  Cameron Jack: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honey-bee/about-us/people/cameron-jack/ 

  William Kern: https://flrec.ifas.ufl.edu/faculty/william-kern/ 

  EDIS Ant Control in the Apiary: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1181 

• Episode 3: The Mite Is Free to Move About the Cabin

  A general overview of Varroa mite, honey bee pollen and nutrition, Master Beekeepers Programs, and Q&As.  

  Notes and additional resources

  Varroa Mite, Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in855 

  Nutrition and Bee Plants: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honey-bee/beekeeper-resources/nutrition-and-bee-plants/ 

  UF IFAS Master Beekeeper Program: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honey-bee/extension/events-and-activities/master-beekeeper-program/ 

   

• Episode 4: What It Takes to Provide Purposeful Education

  A summary of Extension and Research, and an interview with Dr. Meghan Milbrath from Michigan State University discussing her 50/50 Research/Extension appointment.

  Notes and additional resources

  Land-Grant University Website Directory: https://nifa.usda.gov/land-grant-colleges-and-universities-partner-website-directory

  HBREL Extension: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honey-bee/extension/

  UF/IFAS Extension: https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/

  HBREL Research: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honey-bee/research/

  HBREL Research Publications: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honey-bee/research/honey-bee-husbandry/publications-by-topic/

  Dr. Meghan Milbrath: https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/meghan_milbrath

  The Sand Hill: http://www.sandhillbees.com/

   

• Episode 5: Species Without Natural Enemies

  What to do about honey bee dead-outs with Dr. Humberto Boncristiani, a discussion on invasive species with Dr. Jim Cuda, and Q&A.  

  Notes and additional resources 

  HBREL Honey Bee Husbandry Research: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honey-bee/research/honey-bee-husbandry/ 

  HBREL Beekeeping Equipment: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honey-bee/beekeeper-resources/beekeeping-equipment/ 

  James P. Cuda:http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/people-directory/james-cuda/ 

  Carey Minteer: https://irrec.ifas.ufl.edu/minteer-/

  What is happening with the Brazilian Peppertree: http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/entnemdept/2019/09/11/what-is-happening-with-the-brazilian-peppertree-schinus-terebinthifolia-insect-release/ 

  Brazilian peppertree thrips: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/BENEFICIAL/Pseudophilothrips_ichini.html  

  Yellow Brazilian peppertree leaf-galler: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/beneficial/Calophya_latiforceps.htm  

  Classical Biological Control of Brazilian Peppertree in Florida: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN/IN11400.pdf  

  How Scientists Obtain Approval to Release Organisms for Classical Biological Control of Invasive Weeds: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN/IN60700.pdf  

  Brazilian Peppertree Seed Chalcid, Megastigmus transvaalensis: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN/IN45300.pdf  

  Brazilian Peppertree Control: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/AA/AA21900.pdf  

• Episode 6: If Your Goal Is to Keep Your Bees Alive

  An interview with Randy Olliver about monitoring Varroa, a discussion about the Bee Informed Partnership with Anne Marie Fauvel and Natalie Steinhauer, and Q&A. 

  Notes and additional resources 

  Randy Olliver: http://scientificbeekeeping.com/ 

  Varroa Information: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honey-bee/beekeeper-resources/pest-and-disease-resources/varroa/ 

  Bee Informed Partnership: https://beeinformed.org/ 

  Honey Bee Biology: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honey-bee/beekeeper-resources/honey-bee-biology/ 

  Honey Bee Management: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honey-bee/beekeeper-resources/management/ 

   

• Episode 7: Risk Is Simply the Product of Multiplying Toxicity and Exposure

  An interview with Dr. Judy Wu-Smart, Extension & Research Entomologist University of Nebraska-Lincoln, on her pesticide research, Jamie and Amy discuss pesticide risk and what that really means, and Q&A.

  Notes and additional resources 

  Judy Wu-Smart: https://entomology.unl.edu/faculty/dr-judy-wu-smart

  UF HBREL Pesticides: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honey-bee/beekeeper-resources/pesticides/

  Environmental Protection Agency: https://www.epa.gov/pesticides