Category Archives: Culture, or lack thereof

Podcast: 2025 – Ten Bee News Stories

Posted on December 31, 2025 by Ron Miksha

A lot happened in 2025, so I’m ending the About Bees, Culture & Curiosity podcast year (Season 6 Episode 12) with stories from bee news that you might enjoy. Listen to this short (30 minute) collection of some of the science … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Is All Manuka Honey Fake?

Posted on December 5, 2025 by Ron Miksha

In this podcast episode, I explore whether all mānuka honey is “fake,” tracing its unusual rise from an obscure (and unpopular) New Zealand honey to a globally coveted, heavily counterfeited product. The story begins with a look at the antibacterial … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Chief Crowchild and the Bees

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Ron Miksha

Season 2 Episode 1: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Chief Crowchild and the Bees  Chief Lee Crowchild of Tsuut’ina Nation is a member of a family designated as the Keepers of the Bees. He tells us of childhood summers … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Bees by the Number

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Ron Miksha

Season 1 Episode 12:  About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Bees by the Number Check out our latest podcast! In this episode, we manage to jump around the bee world by using the numbers 1, 2, 2-3, 26, 500, … Continue reading →

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Podcast: from Beyonce to bee forage and beyond

Posted on August 26, 2024 by Ron Miksha

Season 1 Episode 5: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Some Bee Buzz In today’s podcast episode, we jump from moving bees between Alberta and British Columbia to examining a recent paper about the ecology of disappearing bee species. … Continue reading →

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Podcast: The Bees’ Ears

Posted on August 13, 2024 by Ron Miksha

Our latest podcast rambles around the bees’ ears. Available everywhere you grab your podcasts. Enjoy. Season 1 Episode 4: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – The Bees’ Ears In this episode, we discover that insects, including bees, can hear. They … Continue reading →

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Stack ’em High

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Ron Miksha

Long ago (about 1975), there was an amazing beekeeper, now a legend, in northeast Saskatchewan. He consistently had 300-pound/hive crops. This was Dr. Don Peer (PhD, 1955, U Wisconsin). Peer once told us “If I were king of the world, … Continue reading →

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Bees and frequencies

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Ron Miksha

Hi, Everyone! Chief Lee Crowchild and I have been asked to present at the Calgary Science Centre for an upcoming Indigenous Science Night. Attendance will be up to about 1700 people and the event is just a few weeks away, … Continue reading →

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Bees flying high

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Ron Miksha

Almost every time I teach a beginning beekeeping course, a student or two comes forward to whisper: “If I move my bees to a patch of cannabis, will I get weedy honey?” I tell them that cannabis buds don’t secrete … Continue reading →

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The heat is up

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Ron Miksha

My badbeekeeping blog has largely avoided the topic of global climate change. It’s contentious. Some insist it’s happening; other insist that it ain’t. I have purposefully tried to limit my conversation on the topic because I didn’t want to alienate … Continue reading →

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