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Smologies #4: BEES with Amanda Shaw
YA LIKE BEES? You will -- after this short, edited-for-all-ages Smologies cut of our classic Melittology episode featuring President of the Urban Beekeepers Association, Amanda “Mandy” Shaw. We chat about honeybees vs. native ones, hives vs. nests, honey, how to become a beekeeper, social structures, why a queen becomes a queen, how to keep Mason bees as outdoor pets, if you should eat honey to deal with seasonal allergies, and why planting some flowers could make you and the bees pretty happy.
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Mandy Shaw’s Bella Beek: Handcrafted Beekeeping Veils, Tools and Gifts
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Sound editing by Zeke Thomas Rodrigues and Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris
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Theme song by Nick Thorburn
Special thanks to the Ologies staff who helped make this possible: Susan Hale, Boni Dutch, Noel Dilworth, Shannon Feltus, Caleb Patton, Kelly Dwyer and Emily White.