Organic Gardener Podcast

Tuesday • March 15, 2022Here from Missouri is an amazing beekeeper, gardener, and author, CHARLOTTE EKKER WIGGINS!Bee Club Basics: How to Start a Bee ClubA Beekeeper's Diary: Self Guide to Keeping BeesHas lots of checklists to help you get started.Master Beekeeper class is using her next book Bees Need Flowers, Planting for Pollinators coming out soon.Tips include:reading a lot. Join a bee club because it's like learning a new language.Beekeeping is very localNeed to know bee biology to work with bees not tell them what to doSpend a year learning about beekeeping by taking 1 or more classes, reading, meeting other beekeepers.Bees are colony based, not self centered like humans. Bees sometimes leave because they don't want to spread disease to the hive.Jackie asks what if you can't find a club? Thanks to the pandemic lots of clubs are meeting on Zoom like Bees Beyond Borders in Florida have guest speakers from leading bee experts in the country.What works and what doesn't in a gardenThe critical