Beekeeping Today Podcast - Presented by Betterbee

Ed Colby

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Beekeeper, Author

Sideline beekeeper. Columnist, Bee Culture magazine "Bottom Board" column since 2002. Author, A Beekeeper's Life, Tales from the Bottom Board. (https://www.amazon.com/Beekeepers-Life-Tales-Bottom-Board/dp/1912271885)

Actuarial tables indicate I should be retired, but I continue to be obsessed with Apis Mellifera. I live in western Colorado with the gal Marilyn, the blue heeler Pepper, 15 chickens, three geese, four lambs and way too many bees.

Dec. 18, 2023

A Winter Quilt of Guests (S6, E27)

Welcome to this week’s episode where we've woven together a rich tapestry of stories and expertise to enrich your winter days and nights with the fascinating world of bees. Ed Colby: High-Altitude Beekeeping Tales We start with our regular...
Guests: Jonna Sanders , Ed Colby , Anandamayi Baker
July 31, 2023

Amiflex with Véto-Pharma's Amber Leach and Miguel Rodriguez (S6, E07)

In this episode we talk with Amber Leach, North American Sales Manager, and Dr. Miguel Angel Rodriguez, DVM, and Business Development Head, from Véto-Pharma. Véto-Pharma is just rolling out and the distribution of their newest varroa control...
Guests: Ed Colby , Amber Leach , Miguel Angel Rodriguez
June 5, 2023

Late Spring Regional Beekeepers Update (S5, E51)

“All beekeeping is local” so the saying goes.  On today’s episode, we welcome back our Regional Beekeepers, all from different parts of the country, to see just how localized beekeeping can be. And how much it can be the same, too. Today...
Guests: Paul Longwell , Mark Smith , Ed Colby , Tracy Alarcon , Jay Williams , Duane Combs , Rainier Eich
May 1, 2023

Beekeeper Confidential with Mandy Shaw (S5, E46)

On today’s episode, Jeff and Kim talk with Mandy Shaw of the Beekeeper Confidential podcast. Mandy is a Portland, OR, beekeeper, active with the Portland Urban Beekeepers Association as President and other roles. We talk with her today about her...
Guests: Ed Colby , Mandy Shaw
March 13, 2023

Honey Bees and Golf At The University of Georgia with Jennifer Berry and Scott Griffith (S5, E39)

Close your eyes and think of a gold course. We’re pretty sure that when you think of the landscape and maintenance of a typical golf course, with lots trim flat greens, schedules of pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers and other chemicals - a beeyard...
Guests: Ed Colby , Jennifer Berry , Scott Griffith, CGCS
Nov. 28, 2022

The UK's National Honey Show Interviews and Ed Colby (S5, E24)

One of the largest and perhaps oldest honey shows in the world in the UK’s National Honey Show. The first show opened in 1923 at the Crystal Palace, in London. While the National Honey Show took an understandable break during the second world war,...
Guests: Ed Colby , Louisa Cartwright
Oct. 31, 2022

Regional Beekeepers: Fall 2022 (S5, E20)

This week, guest co-host Jim Tew is sitting in for Kim and we have invited four beekeepers to the podcast to talk about their season just past. We call it our Regional Beekeepers show. If you have been a long time listener, you may be familiar with...
Guests: Paul Longwell , Ed Colby , Tracy Alarcon , Jim Tew , Duane Combs
July 18, 2022

The Small Hive Beetle with Drs. Morgan Roth and Aaron Gross (S5, E05)

On this episode, we learn share everything you ever wanted to know about Small Hive Beetles, with Drs. Morgan Roth and Aaron Gross, from Virginia Tech. Small hive beetles cause about $3 million dollars damage to US beehives every year. Today we...
Guests: Ed Colby , Morgan Roth , Aaron Gross
May 30, 2022

NYPD Beekeeper - Darren Mays (S4, E50)

Imagine responding to every emergency call into 911 about swarms in New York City - across all five boroughs, including Times Square!  Well, imagine no more because, today’s guest, Darren Mays was the Official beekeeper for the New York City...
Guests: Ed Colby , Darren Mays
April 25, 2022

Regional Beekeepers: Spring 2022 Update (S4, E45)

We first met the Regional Beekeepers back in May of 2020. Then twice a year since, we've made a point to catch a chat with them to talk about their bees, their challenges, their successes and plans for the next six months. This time, we move from west...
Guests: Paul Longwell , Mark Smith , Ed Colby , Tracy Alarcon
April 4, 2022

Pesticides, Melittology and PolliNation with Andony Melathopoulos (S4, 42)

Dr. Andony Melathopoulos, an entomologist with the Oregon State University Agricultural Extension Service, returns to Beekeeping Today Podcast to talk to us about pesticides and how beekeepers can help mitigate the risk to their bees by understanding...
Guests: Ed Colby , Andony Melathopoulos
March 14, 2022

Bees in the D 2022 Update and More (S4, E39)

Today, we invite back Brian Peterson-Roest from Bees In The D. Bees In The D is a non-profit organization whose mission is to create a cooperative effort between residents, schools, organizations, and businesses in the city of Detroit and Southeast...
Guests: Ed Colby , Brian Peterson-Roest , Jeff Pettis
Jan. 17, 2022

Honey Marketing with Jay Williams, William's Honey Farm (S4, E31)

On today’s show, we welcome back Jay Williams of and . Right off, Jay, who was with us in December, talked about preparing and entering the contest for Honey Has WON this very prestigious award for this year. You heard him here first! This time,...
Guests: Ed Colby , Jay Williams
Dec. 6, 2021

HBHC Crop Pest Control with Dr. Caydee Savinelli (S4, E25)

Dr. Caydee Savinelli leads the task force on Minimizing Pesticide Risk For Honey Bees. Caydee is a passionate entomologist and pollinators of all kinds are a big part of her life, so she has been very instrumental in helping the HBHC develop its best...
Guests: Ed Colby , Caydee Savinelli
Nov. 1, 2021

Return of the Regional Beekeepers - Fall 2021 (S4, E20)

For this episode, we invite back our regular regional beekeepers to sit down with us and discuss how their season went, what surprises they had, what worked, what didn’t and what they were planning for in 2022. In their discussions with each other,...
Guests: Mark Smith , Ed Colby , Tracy Alarcon
Jan. 18, 2021

Return of the Regional Beekeepers - Winter Perspectives (S3, E34)

In this episode of Beekeeping Today Podcast, we reconnect with our beekeeping friends from Season 2, Episode 29. They come from across the country including Central North Carolina, North East Ohio, the western slope of the Rocky Mountains and the West...
Guests: Paul Longwell , Mark Smith , Ed Colby , Tracy Alarcon
May 15, 2020

Regional Beekeeper Perspectives: East, Midwest and Mountain States (S2, E29)

This week, get out your traveling bee suits, because we are going to visit three different beekeepers in across the country. This time of the year, beekeepers in the US and northern hemisphere are all very busy, but are they all doing the same? Are...
Guests: Mark Smith , Ed Colby , Tracy Alarcon