Our guest on the podcast is the one and only Kirk Anderson, a natural, no-treatment beekeeper and our mentor. Kirk tells a lot of funny stories and shares his wisdom on how to keep bees in a big city. During the podcast we discuss:
- Mean bees
- Africanized bees
- Treating bees
- Buying package bees vs. collecting feral bees
- Michael Bush’s method of re-queening a hot hive
- How to keep bees in an urban environment
- Why Kirk doesn’t use foundation
- What’s ailing the bees and what’s wrong with the big beekeepers
- Movie: More Than Honey
- Langstroth vs. top bar
- Kirk’s and Russel Bates’ how-to videos on Youtube
- Kirk on Facebook
If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. Additional music by Rho. A downloadable version of this podcast is here.
Episode 040 isn’t showing up in my iTunes Podcasts feed. Has something changed in the setup, or do I just need to be patient?
Thanks Michael for letting me know–I made a mistake with the feed. It should show up in a few hours at most. Hope you are staying warm!
Yep, episode 040 showed up! I’m looking forward to listening, as always.
As for keeping warm, it is a balmy six degrees Celsius tonight! Spring has sprung. I’ve enjoyed communing with cardinals, blue jays, chipmunks, squirrels (red, black and grey), and turkey vultures (well, watching the latter) for the past couple of days. I’m looking forward to spending more time outdoors soon!
This was a great episode! I have heard a few other interviews with Kirk, but this by far has been the most enjoyable. I am going to listen again on my walk to work this morning since last night there were two kids running through the house and I couldn’t always hear everything. Keep up the great work you are doing there at the Root Simple Compound!!
Epic
Kirk, you are my hero!
Loved the podcast! Thank you so much. I love working with Kirk. I took classes with Kirk and Walker and learned how to trap my own bees. They are in my backyard as we speak crazy busy. I will be harvesting some honey this weekend.
Forgot to put my name.
Kirk is a caring and hilarious voice of sanity in this world.
i loved listening to this fellow!
Great common sense advice! I really enjoyed this podcast.
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