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Terry Oxford is a rooftop beekeeper in San Francisco. On this episode of the podcast we discuss her natural beekeeping methods and her efforts to stop the use of systemic neonicotinoid pesticides such as Imidacloprid. Terry’s website is Urban Bee San Francisco. We get into a lot of topics including: Keeping bees on rooftops in […]



Terry Oxford is a rooftop beekeeper in San Francisco. On this episode of the podcast we discuss her natural beekeeping methods and her efforts to stop the use of systemic neonicotinoid pesticides such as Imidacloprid. Terry’s website is Urban Bee San Francisco. We get into a lot of topics including:

Keeping bees on rooftops in San Francisco
Ants and small hive beetles
Natural beekeeping
Splitting
Natural beekeeper Michael Bush’s website
Pesticide activism
Treatment of nursery trees with neonicotinoids
Senate bill 602 that would have required labeling of nursery plants treated with neonicotinoids
How the California State Beekeeper’s Association lobbies for the pesticide industry
How to find a nursery tree not treated with Imidacloprid
City trees and treatment
Terry’s bee art
The Man Who Planted Trees
Corruption in academia
US Right To Know

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