Beekeeping Today Podcast - Presented by Betterbee
Feb. 22, 2021

Steven Coy - APHIS and Chinese Tallow (S3, E39)

Steven Coy, Executive Board Member of American Honey Producers Association  returns to the podcast. This time, he discusses the USDA-APHIS call for comments on the elimination of the Chinese Tallow Tree and the impact the elimination of this...

Steven CoySteven Coy, Executive Board Member of American Honey Producers Association (AHPA) returns to the podcast. This time, he discusses the USDA-APHIS call for comments on the elimination of the Chinese Tallow Tree and the impact the elimination of this tree could have on honey producers from Texas to Florida.

PLEASE NOTE: At the time of the podcast recording, the published comment period ended on Feb. 22. It has been extended to April 23. You have another 60 days to comment, but please do if the issue is critical to you.

Also on the show, Jim Tew stops by to talk about Honey Bee Obscura, the new weekly beekeeping podcast he and Kim host.

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Steven Coy

Queen Breeder/ Beekeeper/ Author

Steven Coy is a second-generation commercial beekeeper, who grew up and learned how to manage bees in Northeast Arkansas. In 2007 the family beekeeping business led him to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He founded Coy Bee Company, LLC in 2014, specializing in Purebred Russian queens, nucs, and honey.
He is a charter member of the Russian Honeybee Breeders Association and has been breeding Russian bees since 2001.

He co-authored the book Russian Honey Bees with Dr. Thomas Rinderer.

He has been an active in many beekeeping organizations and has served on the American Honey Producers Association Executive Committee since 2010, currently as President.

Steve has a bachelor’s degree in plant science and a master’s degree in biology from Arkansas State University

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