Honey Bee My Teacher
25 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsSustainable stewardship of our environment to preserve our life requires caring for our pollinators. We can successfully share small spaces together if we take care of each other.
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So Much to Do! How Do the Bees Do It?
February 20, 2020 03:10As I am trying to recover from a crazy month of Holiday madness I find myself facing the feeling I am oftentimes overwhelmed. Divorce, moving things in and out of the home, work, animals, financial obligations, yada yada yada; all seem like so much yet the Honeybee can successfully accomplish all these same scenarios in her own little world without blinking and eye. I'm fascinated at their ability to be so structured and focused. It seems to be a feat that eludes us as humans so I reflect, ...
Fall Lessons Overwinter Hive Preparation
November 05, 2019 22:04EP-007 Honey Bee My Teacher Podcast Hosted by Patti Haines Produced by Jay Fratt Flexibility is the key as a beekeeper. It's not your plan ultimately, it's your colony's plan. A quick Fall season threw Patti's plans out the window, but quick reactions, a positive attitude, and confidence allowed a safe response. Patti goes through her overwinter hive management plan, and learned words on the flexibility required to manage and nurture bees. Enjoy the great information and Patti's char...
Winter Planning for a Healthy Bee Population in Spring
October 19, 2019 00:41This is the beginning of my second year of Beekeeping. I am preparing to overwinter my bees this year, and have been forced to start early due to an unexpected cold snap. Bummer! I feel a little shorted here. I was planning for a nice Fall season with temperatures going down in a nice sweater weather and bonfire kind of fashion. I don't know why I anticipated such a normal and predictable season, because Gaia, Mother Nature herself, dealt a different deck of cards. Just like the unpredictab...
Preparing for Winter and Planning
September 12, 2019 06:52Watch: Listen: Listen here or find us on any major podcast app EP-006 Honey Bee My Teacher Podcast Hosted by Patti Haines Produced by Jay Fratt Patti is back in studio to share her passion and adventures in beekeeping. From Varroa mites to cautionary tales of drift, Patti shares her do's and don'ts regarding the Fall season peparing her beehives for the coming winter. Enjoy the great information and Patti's charming personality. Stick around for a question and answer session at...
Beekeeping Next Steps, Preparedness
August 27, 2019 21:36Beekeeping in an honest light is the realization that you never have the same situation with every hive. If you try a cookie cutter approach to beekeeping, you will certainly will be schooled by your honeybees. One thing I have learned is nothing is constant other than the fact that the hive is unpredictable. Anything else is an educated guess. Attention, quality management, and care is always required to keep your colony or colonies successful. In the Pacific northwest, we are in a dear...
DIY Series Part 3 - Maintain and Grow
July 19, 2019 02:57WATCH: LISTEN: If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element DIY Series - Episode #3 Patti is back in the Smokin Js podcast studio to continue her DIY series on beekeeping. Now you have the hive, what now? There is so much more. Patti gives clear tips and tricks and dos and don't to help the young beekeeping apprentice become a thriving beekeeping steward. This episode covers safety, sturdy and smart hive locating, responsible inspection...
Hive Management Basics
July 15, 2019 23:56You've prepared and waited to get your Bee Hive going. You've painted and prepped your hive boxes on the outside. Your suit is hanging and ready to wear. You have your tools in your bucket waiting to work that beautiful first hive. Your Bees have arrived ...... Now what? You may have ordered a package of Bees, or purchased a Nucleus (Nuc). Your standing in front of your new hive ready to get started. You have already installed a sugar syrup feeder to get them started until they find thei...
Children to Mentor All Generations Sustain Bees
June 25, 2019 05:20Watch: Listen: If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element EP-005 Honey Bee My Teacher Podcast Hosted by Patti Haines Produced by Jay Fratt On this special episode Patti ventures out of the studio to create a wonderful set of interviews. What do our children know and think about bees. This very special episode of the Honey Bee My Teacher podcast brings our future bee stewards to the microphone. Two children ages 10 and 5 are interviewed...
Youth Lessons About Bees
June 01, 2019 19:57Hi there! When I talk about my Honeybees, I feel so happy. I buzz around like my Bees do. I don't know about you, but I use to be scared of Bees. I thought they flew around and stung people. So I was really afraid. Now I own my very own Honeybee hives and I am not afraid anymore! Nobody told me about all the good things we have thanks to Bees. Because of not knowing the truth about our Bees, I imagined them to be very different than what they really are. They are our very important frien...
Pollinators and Our Kids a Sustainable Future
May 08, 2019 19:28Watch: Listen: If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element EP-004 Honey Bee My Teacher Podcast Hosted by Patti Haines Produced by Jay Fratt Kids, family, and pollinators. This episode of the Honey Bee My Teacher podcast dives into how great bees are as a learning tool for young children. So many lessons can come from active teaching of the role our pollinators play in the food chain ecosystem. It's not just about beekeeping! From habit...
Our kids, Hope for Our Pollinators
May 02, 2019 18:55Photo by Taiana Martinez (Tai's Captures) Our future without pollinators, and the negative impact it will have on all of us, is growing more obvious each day. While we are worrying about life events, our daily needs for our children will be much worse off if we don't do something to stop the decline of honey bees and other pollinators. So what do we do? Clearly our kids are our only hope. They are open to any information sparking their interest. If they find it fascinating and fun they are...
DIY Series Part Two - Materials Setup Management
April 19, 2019 04:19If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element DIY Series - Episode #2 The Materials The Setup Managing Your Hive Materials, Setup, and Management Thank you Jay Fratt and Smokin Js for making this podcast more than just a dream. I'm Patti Haines and I welcome you to Honey Bee My Teacher, a podcast for everyday people wanting to make a positive impact on our planet through stewardship of our great pollinators. In DIY Episode 1 we covered B...
Eyes Wide Open - Roles and Relationships for the Hive
April 18, 2019 02:42Sometimes when it rains it pours. This is a season in my life where it seems to be pouring more than normal. Between bears, freezing temperatures, and shortened supplies of bees most people would be inclined to give up but seasons change and so do the events that occur in each new season. I am absolutely positive my less than ideal season has come to an end. It's been a doozy for sure. Losing my Bees, one of my Spring lambs didn't make it, my dear dog Baby Girl had to be put down and now a...
Mental Health Bees and Community
March 29, 2019 04:23Watch: Listen: If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element EP-003 Honey Bee My Teacher Podcast Hosted by Patti Haines Produced by Jay Fratt Our little friends the bees create such a magical community for themselves. The super organism doesn't just happen from magic though. Hard work goes into creating a thriving hive environment. Patti takes a look at how the bees rebuild their community when disaster strikes. She draws parallels to ou...
Bee Community - Our Community
March 26, 2019 15:20It’s 1 AM and here I am thinking about my bees. The single hive we thought was thriving has failed to thrive. So, we rebuild. Just as the honeybee would rebuild its home I will rebuild my little group of hives all over again, again, again, and again. Whatever it takes is whatever I will do. With April comes beautiful spring flowers and beehives available for purchase so I will be buying them and setting up my hives anticipating a much better year than last year. It’s been a crazy year! ...
Bees…..Good for Mental Health! Really!!!!!
March 12, 2019 05:09Bees…..Good for Mental Health! Really!!!!! It’s funny you know. It seems that things are moving along beautifully, things are falling into place, overcoming obstacles and Bam! Mental health issues come on to disrupt everything you’re trying to achieve. This seems to be my lot in life lately. Enjoying the excitement of getting to restart my bees, connecting with all of my customers wanting honey. It all seemed to be going so smoothly; too smoothly. Aaaahhhhhh mental health – it sucks! It...
DIY Series Part One - Finding Your Why
March 07, 2019 04:44If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element DIY Series - Episode #1 Why Beekeeping Types of Bees Intro to Hives Hobby vs Commercial Why Beekeeping? Keeping bees is an amazing experience; enlightening, humbling, educational, and rewarding. Beekeeping supports community pollination, food supplies, and fosters bee populations outside of the commercial beekeeping industry. Pollination: Bees can help make your plants healthy as they poll...
EP-002 A Long Hard Winter - Dealing With Loss and Rebuilding
March 02, 2019 04:28If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Patti is back! Stronger than ever from tough life lessons in beekeeping. The Washington weather was rougher than usual this winter, but the bears didn't help either. Patti sits down with Jay to discuss loss and disappointment that visited her hive this winter. Mistakes were made. Lessons were learned. She marches on in her journey with our wonderful pollinators. You can read the blog about th...
Let Me Introduce You. My Gratitude.
February 27, 2019 06:14Hi there! I am excited to share my gratitude for Kevin and Amanda Mills at Hive 5 Bees for their kindness and for Kevin's willingness to check on my hives and help me understand how to manage them. Kevin is the official "Bee Man" in our family. He sold me my very first Nucs (Nucleus) and was readily available to talk to me any time I had a question or concern. Kevin Mills is approaching 18 years of Beekeeping experience. He began at the age of 13 and ended up being mentored by some of the ...
A Thank You Gift to New Subscribers!
February 22, 2019 19:02I am excited to have the opportunity to give every fifth subscriber this fun and lightweight natural necklace. No purchase necessary, only gratitude for your time. So.....subscribe today. I have several to give. I’m happy to give them to you.
The HIVE, Not Much Has Changed.
February 18, 2019 05:53I am always researching the honeybee even its history dating back as far as I can go to find what the hive looked like up to today where it has evolved. I am certain more is to come regarding management of the bees but the hive itself has not evolved that much and that's okay. The bees have their way of managing themselves in the structure that has ensured their survival for centuries so we don't want to get to intrusive and reinvent the wheel. We need to understand our role is to manage th...
Getting things in order.
February 11, 2019 03:26While preparing the outline for my next podcast episode, I found myself having a little bit of a pity party followed by anger, resolve and finally, determination. All of my Bees died this year. I experienced my hives being raided and damaged by bears early in the Fall. The emotion the loss generated was much more than I anticipated or imagined could occur by caring for such tiny creatures. Rather than brushing off and making a plan, I grew very sad. These honeybees and I had a relationshi...
The Anatomy of the Hive
February 01, 2019 06:26In getting to the basics we have two things to understand first, the Bees and the Hive. Both are required and both need to be understood. If you want to care for Bees, you must have a clear understanding of their habitat and their environment to survive. We're starting with a short history of the hive on the Podcast Ep 2 and will be giving some easy to understand information to help you decide what avenue you can do to save our Bees. The DIY section of this site has photos and diagrams f...
Pics and Diagrams of Bee hives
February 01, 2019 06:23My first Langstroth Hives. Assembling a hive I ordered on Amazon. The Langstroth Hive The Warre Hive The Top Bar Hive
Ep-001 Why Me Why You
January 20, 2019 19:05What's all the buzz about! From the Smokin Js podcast studio in Olympia, Washington, Patti Haines is here to educate and participate in the stewardship of our great pollinators, the honeybee. Why Me? Why You? Time is precious and very little is left with our busyness in life. We are often too tired to act even after we listen, watch or read something inspiring us to make change happen. So, with all sincerity, I want to share this journey with all of you. Even if they're baby steps I want...
Why Me, You, Us?
January 12, 2019 05:26When I really sat down to think about my "why", I had to examine every angle of my journey to ensure my actions were sincerely motivated and not chatter for the world to read. Time is precious and very little is left with our busyness in life. We are often too tired to act even after we listen, watch or read something inspiring us to make change happen. So, with all sincerity, I want to share this journey with all of you. Even if they're baby steps I want us to move forward and make an imp...
Understanding Why We Need Our Pollinators
December 29, 2018 08:36Beekeeping has been documented as far back as the Neolithic communities during the very beginnings of farming and agriculture* and it hasn't changed much other than better protective clothing and high tech equipment that is completely useless if we no longer have our honeybees. We need to improve these methods along with our overall assumptions and attitudes toward the honeybee. They are not our enemy and we have to understand them better. If they die, we may not survive ourselves. Our poll...