Episode 35: Beekeeping with Queens Orders Honey

The Growing Space Podcast

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Episode Description: Join me for a sit-down with my neighbor, a professional beekeeper, Justin Orders from Queens Orders Honey. We’re talking about all things honeybees, native bees, how bees work together to make honey, how worker bees are like the Mafia, and much, much more!

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Helpful Links from Today’s Show:

• Queen’s Orders Honey, https://www.queensordershoney.com/
• Mecklenburg County Bee School, https://www.meckbees.org/bee-school
• North Carolina Beekeepers Association, https://www.ncbeekeepers.org/
• Rushing Rivers Apiary in British Columbia, https://www.rushingriverapiaries.com/
• Kamon Reynolds, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkoAuqRakc1TtvXxL4Kr76Q
• The Beekeeper’s Bible, https://amzn.to/4dRAneP
• Xerces Society, https://xerces.org/
• Honeybee Democracy, https://amzn.to/4dRAneP
• World Bee Day, https://www.un.org/en/observances/bee-day
• No Mow May, https://beecityusa.org/no-mow-may/
• Ekologicall, https://ekologicall.com/
• Sustain Charlotte’s 2024 Inspiring Small Business Nominees
• Purchase the Seven Super Summer Seed Sampler, and support pollinators too, HERE - https://square.link/u/amEJsso4

Other episodes of The Growing Space Podcast you may enjoy –

Episode 8: The Books on my Bookshelf, Part 2 - Bees, Birds, Homesteading, Fermenting, Canning, and MORE!

Episode 18: Meet the Plant Families - Asteraceae / Compositae

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