The Hive Jive - Beekeeping Podcast

John and Nathalie sit down with The Girl Next door herself, Hilary Kearney, to talk about her new book “The Heart of the Hive,” as well as what it has been like building her bee business and unique b…

John and Nathalie take a jaunt across the pond to talk with Steve Riley and discuss his new book “The Honey Bee Solution to Varroa.”  Steve, along with the Westerham Beekeepers in the UK, have done a…

This week John and Nathalie sit down with Randy McCaffrey of 628 Dirt Rooster YouTube Fame to discuss how he got started in bees, and what all it took to build his YouTube channel up to nearly 40 Mil…

This week John finally got to fulfill a podcast-long goal of sitting down with the creator of Bella Beek and host of Beekeeper Confidential… the one and only… Mandy Shaw!   Join us as John and Nathal…

Nathalie and John recap a few topics from the recent interviews with Tracy, Tucka, Gemma, and Peggy.  Are mites really the line in the sand that beekeepers make it out to be today?  Plus, it’s time f…

This week John and Nathalie sat down with Peggy DeSanto, co-founder of Bee the Change and The Hive Hugger.  The group discusses how Peggy got started in Beekeeping, what inspired her to create the Hi…

This week John and Nathalie sit down with Gemma Astley from Homestead Hens and Honey to catch up on all things Homesteading, Chicken Keeping, and Bees!  The group covers a wide range of topics includ…

This week John and Nathalie sit down with the one and only Tucka Saville to learn what it was like keeping bees between New York and Florida, as well as catching up on the latest changes in the world…

This week John sits down with Tracy Pielemeir to discuss how she got into beekeeping, started the North Central Beekeepers Club, came up with the concept for The Hive Butler, and to find out what she…

John and Nathalie discuss a few takeaways from their recent interview with Angela Tollerson, plus the pair go a bit more in-depth with a few of the concepts that were mentioned.  Tune in now to learn…

John and Nathalie sit down with Angela Tollerson, a fellow Master Beekeeper, to have an engaging conversation about how she sees the world of beekeeping today.  Hear her perspective on some common is…

For the first interview episode of the season, we sit down with none other than Ken Milam to discuss his views on the current state of beekeeping.  Tune in now to learn more...

It's time to address that big fuzzy striped elephant in the room that is Season 4.  John sits down with us for a personal one-on-one and explains what has kept the show on hiatus for so long, and wha…

In today's Beekeeper Chat, we get an update from Nathalie about her recent swarm captures, some things they both would like to try now that swarm session is under way, and John give a few updates abo…

Breaking News! John's bees arrive TOMORROW morning and he hasn't even started building his hives yet!!  How exactly does one forget something so important and exciting as the arrival of new bees?  We…

Today Nathalie and John revisit a topic that was originally discussed back in 2021 on the possible effects of EMF on bees.  With new research being presented, and new definitions of RF-EMR (Radio Fre…