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Two Bees in a Podcast is hosted by members of University of Florida's Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory. Learn about honey bees, beekeepers, researchers, and specialists from around the world in educational, fun, yet practical episodes!

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Two Bees in a Podcast is hosted by members of University of Florida's Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory. Learn about honey bees, beekeepers, researchers, and specialists from around the world in educational, fun, yet practical episodes!

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English


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Episode 222: Honey Bee Viruses with Dr. Michelle Flenniken

12/9/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Dr. Jamie Ellis discuss honey bee viruses with Dr. Michelle Flenniken, professor in the Department of Plant Science and Plant Pathology at Montana State University. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:34:05

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Episode 221: Bioacoustics in Honey Bee Hives with Dr. Reed Johnson

12/2/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Dr. Cameron Jack discuss bioacoustics in relation to honey bee biology with Dr. Reed Johnson, a Professor at Ohio State University. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:32:27

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Episode 220: Understanding the Effects of Apiary Population Density on Colonies with Dr. Ashley Mortensen

11/18/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Dr. Jamie Ellis discuss physiological responses of colonies to apiary population density with Dr. Ashley Mortensen, a scientist with the Plant and Food Research Group at the Institute of Bioeconomy Science in New Zealand. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:36:43

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Episode 219: Building a Beekeeping Business with Tara Chapman

11/11/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Dr. Jamie Ellis speak with Tara Chapman, owner of Two Hives Honey in Austin, TX, about her business and book. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:47:03

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Episode 218: Using Genetic Analysis to Choose Breeding Candidates with Dylan Ryals

11/4/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Dr. Jamie Ellis speak with Dylan Ryals, a Doctoral Candidate in the Entomology Department at Purdue University, about implementing genetic sequencing analysis to select breeding candidates in an apiary. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:57:59

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Episode 217: A New Varroa Control Method With Ron Korkidi

10/28/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Dr. Jamie Ellis discuss a new technology to control Varroa in Australia with Ron Korkidi, Chief Scientific Officer of ToBe Influencing Innovation. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:45:48

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Episode 216: Varroa Introduction in Australia With Dave Fairhall and Emily Noordyke

10/21/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Dr. Jamie Ellis discuss the introduction of Varroa in Australia with Dave Fairhall, Senior Varroa Development Officer for New South Wales, and Emily Noordyke, a Varroa Project Officer for New South Wales Department of Primary Industries. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:43:50

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Episode 215: Sharing Beekeeping Knowledge on YouTube With David Burns

10/14/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Jamie Ellis interview David Burns, an Eastern Apicultural Society Master Beekeeper, about how he educates beekeepers through his YouTube channel. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:56:08

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Episode 214: Commercial Beekeeping With Peter Barnes

10/7/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Jamie Ellis interview Peter Barnes, owner of Barnes Apiary in Queensland, Australia, to discuss commercial beekeeping in Australia. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:53:06

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Episode 213: International Beekeeping Programs With Dr. Cooper Schouten

9/30/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Jamie Ellis interview Dr. Cooper Schouten, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Southern Cross University’s Bee Research and Extension Lab, to discuss starting and improving beekeeping programs in other countries. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:40:25

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Episode 212: Honey Bee Nutrition and Unmanaged Bees With Dr. Juliana Rangel

9/16/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Jamie Ellis interview Dr. Juliana Rangel, Professor of Apiculture in the Department of Entomology, Interdisciplinary Program in Ecology and Evolutionary biology at Texas A&M University, to discuss honey bee nutrition and unmanaged bees. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:48:17

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Episode 211: Honey Bee Health With Dr. Jon Zawislak

9/5/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Jamie Ellis interview Dr. Jon Zawislak, an Assistant Professor of Apiculture and Urban Entomology in the Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology at the University of Arkansas, to discuss his program at the university and his book, Honey Bee Health. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:41:26

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Episode 210: Beekeeping in Turkey With Dr. Irfan Kandemir

8/29/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Jamie Ellis interview Dr. Irfan Kandemir from the Department of Biology and the Faculty of Science at Ankara University about beekeeping in Turkey. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:01:00:09

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Episode 209: The Better-B Project With Dirk de Graaf

8/14/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Jamie Ellis interview Professor Dirk de Graaf from the Laboratory for Molecular Entomology and Bee Pathology in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at Ghent University’s Faculty of Sciences to discuss the Better-B Project. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:40:33

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Episode 208: Mosquito Impacts on Honey Bee Colonies With Lena Barascou

8/7/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Dr. Jamie Ellis interview Dr. Lena Barascou, a postdoctoral scientist at the Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory in the Entomology and Nematology at the University of Florida, to discuss mosquito impacts on honey bee colonies. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:50:59

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Episode 207: Wild Honey Bee Research With Jamie Ellis

7/31/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu interviews Jamie Ellis, the Gahan Endowed Professor of Entomology in the Department of Entomology and Nematology at the University of Florida, to discuss wild honey bee research. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:51:23

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Episode 206: Colony Inspections With Eric Malcolm

7/24/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu are joined by Eric Malcolm — Apicultural Extension Educator and the Apiary Manager at the University of Maryland Bee Lab in the Department of Entomology — to discuss colony inspections. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:40:25

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Thank You for 1 Million Listens!

7/23/2025
WE JUST HIT ONE MILLION LISTENS, BEEKEEPERS! Thank you all so much for the incredible support and continued listenership over the years! Two Bees in a Podcast would not be possible without all of you. Please let us know which of our 205 released episodes has been your favorite!

Duration:00:04:47

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Episode 205: European Foulbrood With Meghan Milbrath

7/17/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu are joined by Dr. Meghan Milbrath — Assistant Professor and Apiculture Extension Specialist with the Department of Entomology and the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at Michigan State University Extension — to discuss how to recognize European foulbrood. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:49:08

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Episode 204: The American Bee Journal With Eugene Makovec

7/10/2025
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu are joined by Eugene Makovec — Editor of the American Bee Journal — to discuss his unique perspective on beekeeping as head of the well-known publication. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.

Duration:00:57:18