• Room For All Types Of Beekeeper

  • Jan 27 2025
  • Length: 18 mins
  • Podcast

Room For All Types Of Beekeeper

  • Summary

  • Intro

    00:25 New book by Dorian Pritchard on conservation of native bees

    01:10 Argument for conservation of native bees, legally protected areas should be created

    02:40 Is the black bee really the best bee for all people? I think not, but each to their own.

    04:40 Sue Coby's New World Carniolan project could be a template to follow

    05:00 Examples of human interference in nature to domesticate wild animals into farming livestock. Also BEAGLES!

    07:20 Modern commercial bee farming, selective breeding of honey bee queens

    08:15 Good things about bee farming, pollination increasing crop yields

    09:15 Some negative things about bee farming: miticides, reduced diversity, competition with wild pollinators, spread of pathogens

    11:20 EU policies to assist apiculture and pollinators

    11:50 Selective breeding - objectives and methods, isolated mating, instrumental insemination

    12:55 Natural selection - survivors pass on resilience

    14:10 Advantages of natural selection

    15:00 Downside to natural selection, low honey, unpredictable temperament, short term high losses

    15:55 Conclusion - we can have both

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