E110: The Basics of Beekeeping – Easier Than You Think

In this episode, hosts Aaron and Jason discuss all things beekeeping with Michael Jordan of A “Bee Friendly” Company Inc. And a special on why Aaron is mad at Jack Spirko.

Let’s face it, bees scare the crap out of most of us. But in this episode, Michael brings us into his world, shows us around, exposes himself to his bees to show us their safe, and shows us it’s not so scary after all.

All you urban farmers listen as we discuss…

Beekeeping for Preppers Show Topics:

Methods of keeping bees from commercial to small scale.
How not to keep bees and costly mistakes to avoid.
Different styles and purposes of various Hive types.
Bee and Hive removal
African Bees
Russian Bees
Catching bees.
Tracking bees.
Getting free bees
Keeping bees sustainably
Urban beekeeping
Do bees attack rabbits
And a whole LOT more

Episode resources:

ITRH Season 3 Urban Beekeeping

Aaron Hagedorn

In his free time, he enjoys hogging the remote, surfing, scotch, mental masturbation and debate over philosophical topics, and shooting stuff--usually not all at the same time.