Fred....many thanks for another excellent interview. Your questions ''go everywhere''.....your regular videos and these interview are an exposure to active minds, not otherwise available to this ''weather-beaten'' old gal. 🌹
Excellent. Thank you for this interview. We need more of these types of interviews. I really enjoyed the one with Dr. Samuel Ramsey. I have followed Marla, Sammy for many years now. Great work Fred
Thanks for this Fred. I'm 21 min into the video so far. Have you interviewed Tom Seeley? I've been really enjoying his work on hive size, single bottom entrance size, swarm trapping and bee hunting. Thank you for your content. Wow Marla just mentioned Tom Seeley lol. Thank you Marla
I believe they are 2/3 to achieving the endowment goal. There are definitely people with deep pockets out there who could easily move that to completion :)
Key take away build your own hive from 2” rough cut lumber to receive the best propolis coating. An added benefit would be insulation and the best replication of tree cavity! Seems completely natural. Good talk!
An after thought to my first comment here in. Was thinking of Dr Sealy’s suggestion of looking at the hive as « a Bee Factory »! After listening to this video I would suggest,if I were a Bee, not to call on a human if we have a breakdown in the factory, because so far all they have to show is creating another problem …(?)😅😅
Marla's reserved persona is intriguing. Very much enjoyed your interview Fred. Question: Would there be a benefit to taking a used hive box and roughing up the interior surface?
I've found that my bees tend to cover my old "dry" boxes really well without adding any scuffing. BUT, just to find out, you could rough up one side and leave the other alone and see what happens? :)
*An amazing interview. I think I could sit and listen to you both for hours. Love the information you provided. had to look up what mountain dulcimer was hahaha*
I use Western red cedar for my hives, and I score the inside with a triple wallpaper scoring tool. Rust-Oleum Zinsser 2976 PaperTiger Scoring Tool for Wallpaper Removal Triple Head, 1 in L X 3 in W does a great job on cedar. scoring the inside walls.
Hi Gary, thanks for sharing what you're doing. They did extensive surface roughening and testing. Did you try anything that put the deeper grooves in the wood as she described? I'm glad you've found something that works for you.
I would love to hear her and Mr. Ed have a conversation about treatment free. I remember him saying that he is and has been treatment free for a long time. Great show as usual! If I had to do an interview I would script this show and substitute my own questions…with your permission of course!!!
Please tell her from me that she is a very interesting person! One of the lucky people who found something that they love early in life and don’t look back!
great,ill share this to some who push treatment free,Maria is sharp,and holds her own quite well,glad she mentioned cottonwood resin,I wonder which other trees,are big propolis resin producers for the bees,I also wonder if she studies pheremones in 🐝 🐝 bees
You'll find many beekeepers are not open for discussion regarding treatment or treatment free. The propolis gathering and use is very interesting for sure. Quaking aspen provide lots of propolis here where I am. I'm sure there are other varieties/sources.
Almost all my boxes are made from rough sawn lumber I cut on an old antique circular sawmill I have here on my land..the blade leaves some nice marks & fuzz on the boards. my brood boxes are made out of mostly hard maple & cherry , which is more dense than pine...( cherry has no rot properties kind of like cedar)
Thanks for sharing, I was very interested in the depth of grooves she mentioned. I've used rough cut red oak for years, and that also gets a nice glazing of propolis. Fascinating area for research.
@@FrederickDunn yes very interesting, all this talk about the rough boxes across the bee world right now is fascinating!.. I seen at my local home depot the other day they are clearancing out 1x12" x8' "rough sawn" pine boards for half price.. they are kind of a different rough sawn - they have lots of strait grooves following the grain direction on one side of the board, other side is just a smooth 1x12.. would be a cheap way to build boxes if all home depots are selling them at that price ???
It's nice to hear something new from the world of bees, I'm grateful to the people who work to better understand the world of bees. It would be nice if you could get in touch with the Professor of Biology and Genetics at Alberta University in Canada, Mr. Tomislava Terzina and make a video presentation A man who studies insects, especially bees, but never had a hive. From him I heard incredible facts about bees: social life of bees, architecture (measurement and construction), farm behavior of bees (what a bee grows in a hive), that a bee has more than 50 tools on your body, language, communication (the only living creatures besides humans that communicate), incredible things about wax, propolis, honey, bee venom, how they collect and process pollen, about positive microorganisms, fungi and viruses, etc. I'm sorry that there are only a couple of video posts that fascinated me, but they were posted in Serbian, his native language. He opened my eyes and now I look at the beehive differently - Many greetings
Not sure why someone would say "the only living creatures besides humans that communicate". Just a few examples for your consideration: Birds: Many bird species have complex songs with distinct meanings, like attracting mates, defending territory, or warning of danger. Crows even seem to have "dialects" and recognize individual voices. Cetaceans: Dolphins and whales produce intricate whistles and clicks, potentially encoding information about food, danger, and social interactions. Primates: Chimpanzees and bonobos use vocalizations, gestures, and facial expressions to communicate, with some evidence of symbolic meaning and combining elements. They've even been taught sign language with varying success. But I'm sure Mr. Tomislava is a great person.
I don't know him personally, I just listened to him in his presentation. Yes, it's true and I immediately thought of the other animals. However, he explains the complexity of communication and the transmission of information, where signs are used and some meaningful information is transmitted, which is mathematically calculated and corrected in accordance with the conditions. He may be wrong, but he managed to explain beautifully the way of communication between bees, which is fascinating.
I'm not a fan of hers. I proposed the condensing hive theory years ago to her and she totally shut me down over email and said they'd continue to suggest all their keepers here in Minnesota continue to wrap in black tar paper and use upper vents. She refused to entertain the new science and seemed to rest on old data. Which is wild to me as she holds a PhD. Always learning seemed to be out of her wheelhouse. Someone finally got through to her recently though and she did entertain the hive hugger system which employs the condensing hive theory. I hate to be that guy, but I was glad to see she's retiring. We need new exciting ideas here, not old theories that leave deadouts for a large amount of bees.
I never knew that she had that position, and haven't found her to be closed minded on any beekeeping topic or practice. I think it's valuable to have alternative practices but also think It's important to grow with new discoveries. Upper venting is the standard for many keepers across the country, I used to use vent also. Having alternative practices and opinions are very important for hive management and improvements. Her greatest expertise lies in social immunity and bee health. The good news is that you are free to keep them in a way that works for you, and the best practices are suggested, not dictated.
@@FrederickDunn While I agree I also disagree with her stance to leave it untested given our temps here get to -40 actual with no windchill and the position is killing bees. People listen to her opinion here like its gospel and the Bee Lab teaches many courses here that people follow. I've unfortunately have had to undo her damage for years with beekeepers I mentor. You are correct, to each their own, but I also defend our bees as I know you do. Its one thing to voice an opinion with data backing it, its quite another to refuse to hear another opinion backed by data by simply dismissing it outright. Oh well, new blood is exciting here for man of us.
@@RunningWithSauce I absolutely agree, all discussion channels should remain open or growth can be stifled. We all want to do a better job with each passing season.
Very good interview, Mr Dunn. My take away from it was that « Our best practice in beekeeping has been on a path for the past 30+ years that has brought the bee population to the state of no longer being capable of « living on their own »! Maybe one should ask question on if whether or not the path taken was the correct one…??? To me that path chosen is destroying the bee if one considers the consequences on the bees of that said path…Or maybe that was the idea in the first place…which would mean that the effect on the bees of loosing their capability of self survival is good thing…??? To me that is not a good think but shooting ourselves in the foot, destroying the very thing we want to protect…😢 Saying on that path and especially calling it « our best practice » should help want to change the path taken. This is just a common sense conclusion by evaluating the result of the said « best practice ».🤷♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤔🤔🤔
The current path as a whole, being agriculture and the honey bee's part in it, is not working out by any scientific metric. Our top academic researchers are on the same page, that we are making plants, soil, and beneficial insects toxic. It's not sustainable. However, so long as income is prioritized over diversity and environmental health, the canary in the coal mine will continue to be ignored.
@@FrederickDunn I so agree! Yup that’s the foot print…. And we continue to support their values by playing their game…and adding insult to injury we qualify it as being « the best be practice » while we should at the very least qualify it as « despicable…and …sad state of affairs »😵💫 The industry is digging itself into a deeper and deeper hole while at the same time asking science to help them survive in their descent and complaining that it is not doing that good of a job…The industry is imploding before our very eyes and we are participating in it and are watching it happen. In other words does who see the canary are not helping and less responsible to those who ignore it. My two cents, for what it’s worth🤷♀️
Terrible interviewer!! Why are we asking these pre written questions when she is an expert on the topic that the interview is supposed to be about? It shouldn’t take 15 minutes to talk about your core topic.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Pre-written questions? Where did I state what the interview is supposed to be about? It's about Marla Spivak just as the title states. I'm interested in people, I'm also interested in what they do. What's the "core topic" you needed? I'm sure she's covered it elsewhere.
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Fred....many thanks for another excellent interview. Your questions ''go everywhere''.....your regular videos and these interview are an exposure to active minds, not otherwise available to this ''weather-beaten'' old gal. 🌹
Thanks for listening, I am so glad you are enjoying these :)
46 was a very good year for me!
Excellent. Thank you for this interview. We need more of these types of interviews. I really enjoyed the one with Dr. Samuel Ramsey. I have followed Marla, Sammy for many years now. Great work Fred
Thanks for checking in! Yes, they have both made fantastic scientific contributions.
Thanks for this Fred. I'm 21 min into the video so far. Have you interviewed Tom Seeley? I've been really enjoying his work on hive size, single bottom entrance size, swarm trapping and bee hunting. Thank you for your content. Wow Marla just mentioned Tom Seeley lol. Thank you Marla
Dr. Seeley is on my list for this year :)
Great interview
Great interview Fred. Better than average video!
:) Thank you!
Hi fred i think we can all donate. Just the fact she was willing to do this interview. We all should hell out
I believe they are 2/3 to achieving the endowment goal. There are definitely people with deep pockets out there who could easily move that to completion :)
Key take away build your own hive from 2” rough cut lumber to receive the best propolis coating. An added benefit would be insulation and the best replication of tree cavity! Seems completely natural. Good talk!
Definitely helps to have a friend with a bandsaw mill. Cheers
Another great interview, thank you Fred, have a great weekend!
Thanks, Red! You too!
Very much enjoyed this interview. Thanks Fred.
Glad you enjoyed it :)
An after thought to my first comment here in. Was thinking of Dr Sealy’s suggestion of looking at the hive as « a Bee Factory »!
After listening to this video I would suggest,if I were a Bee, not to call on a human if we have a breakdown in the factory, because so far all they have to show is creating another problem …(?)😅😅
Marla's reserved persona is intriguing. Very much enjoyed your interview Fred. Question: Would there be a benefit to taking a used hive box and roughing up the interior surface?
I've found that my bees tend to cover my old "dry" boxes really well without adding any scuffing. BUT, just to find out, you could rough up one side and leave the other alone and see what happens? :)
*An amazing interview. I think I could sit and listen to you both for hours. Love the information you provided. had to look up what mountain dulcimer was hahaha*
That's a great instrument :)
I use Western red cedar for my hives, and I score the inside with a triple wallpaper scoring tool. Rust-Oleum Zinsser 2976 PaperTiger Scoring Tool for Wallpaper Removal Triple Head, 1 in L X 3 in W does a great job on cedar. scoring the inside walls.
Hi Gary, thanks for sharing what you're doing. They did extensive surface roughening and testing. Did you try anything that put the deeper grooves in the wood as she described? I'm glad you've found something that works for you.
I really enjoyed the inquisitive questions and thoughtful answers. A great post!😊
Thanks so much!
I would love to hear her and Mr. Ed have a conversation about treatment free. I remember him saying that he is and has been treatment free for a long time. Great show as usual! If I had to do an interview I would script this show and substitute my own questions…with your permission of course!!!
I'm so glad Jeff manages to keep his apiary going with no varroa management. It's a polarizing practice among keepers.
We need all paths used to produce healthier and more sustainable bees. Not all paths will work but in the end a way will be found.
Thanks for this interview Fred. Pretty cool. I’m very interested in a follow up with the Bees use of venom inside the hive!?
There is a lot going on in those hives! The volatiles are going to be a great area for researchers.
Another excellent , interesting and informative video. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for taking the time to comment :)
HSU is my Alma Mater too!
Please tell her from me that she is a very interesting person! One of the lucky people who found something that they love early in life and don’t look back!
Great interview and such a nice person was interviewed !
Dr. Ramsey is at University Colorado at Boulder
Yes, I looked him up after. Thanks :)
@@FrederickDunn you are welcome Fred
Is it 2 for Fred-day?❤❤❤
Great vdo i think she is very interesting
Thanks, I enjoyed it myself.
Thanks for the interview. I wish I knew about the Bee Lab when I lived in Minnesota. Next time we are up for a visit, I hope to stop by.
great,ill share this to some who push treatment free,Maria is sharp,and holds her own quite well,glad she mentioned cottonwood resin,I wonder which other trees,are big propolis resin producers for the bees,I also wonder if she studies pheremones in 🐝 🐝 bees
You'll find many beekeepers are not open for discussion regarding treatment or treatment free. The propolis gathering and use is very interesting for sure. Quaking aspen provide lots of propolis here where I am. I'm sure there are other varieties/sources.
You are quite an accomplished interviewer, Fred. How did you come by that skill?
Thank you, I just have a curious mind and love learning :)
Almost all my boxes are made from rough sawn lumber I cut on an old antique circular sawmill I have here on my land..the blade leaves some nice marks & fuzz on the boards. my brood boxes are made out of mostly hard maple & cherry , which is more dense than pine...( cherry has no rot properties kind of like cedar)
Thanks for sharing, I was very interested in the depth of grooves she mentioned. I've used rough cut red oak for years, and that also gets a nice glazing of propolis. Fascinating area for research.
@@FrederickDunn yes very interesting, all this talk about the rough boxes across the bee world right now is fascinating!.. I seen at my local home depot the other day they are clearancing out 1x12" x8' "rough sawn" pine boards for half price.. they are kind of a different rough sawn - they have lots of strait grooves following the grain direction on one side of the board, other side is just a smooth 1x12.. would be a cheap way to build boxes if all home depots are selling them at that price ???
Another fantastic interview. Loads of interesting information.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Gr8 interview, Fred!
Greetings from Down Under…
Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)
Excellent interview, Fred and Marla. Thank you.
Thanks for watching :)
Thank you Fred! What an engaging and informative interview with my hometown bee hero! 🙏🐝👏
Hi Niki, you are very welcome :)
My daughter lives within ten blocks from Marla’s bee lab and we often walk by there. 🐝🥳
It's nice to hear something new from the world of bees, I'm grateful to the people who work to better understand the world of bees. It would be nice if you could get in touch with the Professor of Biology and Genetics at Alberta University in Canada, Mr. Tomislava Terzina and make a video presentation
A man who studies insects, especially bees, but never had a hive. From him I heard incredible facts about bees: social life of bees, architecture (measurement and construction), farm behavior of bees (what a bee grows in a hive), that a bee has more than 50 tools on your body, language, communication (the only living creatures besides humans that communicate), incredible things about wax, propolis, honey, bee venom, how they collect and process pollen, about positive microorganisms, fungi and viruses, etc. I'm sorry that there are only a couple of video posts that fascinated me, but they were posted in Serbian, his native language. He opened my eyes and now I look at the beehive differently - Many greetings
Not sure why someone would say "the only living creatures besides humans that communicate". Just a few examples for your consideration: Birds: Many bird species have complex songs with distinct meanings, like attracting mates, defending territory, or warning of danger. Crows even seem to have "dialects" and recognize individual voices.
Cetaceans: Dolphins and whales produce intricate whistles and clicks, potentially encoding information about food, danger, and social interactions.
Primates: Chimpanzees and bonobos use vocalizations, gestures, and facial expressions to communicate, with some evidence of symbolic meaning and combining elements. They've even been taught sign language with varying success.
But I'm sure Mr. Tomislava is a great person.
I don't know him personally, I just listened to him in his presentation. Yes, it's true and I immediately thought of the other animals. However, he explains the complexity of communication and the transmission of information, where signs are used and some meaningful information is transmitted, which is mathematically calculated and corrected in accordance with the conditions. He may be wrong, but he managed to explain beautifully the way of communication between bees, which is fascinating.
Awesome!!! Many thanks for posting this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Is there a place where we can see this bee lab she was talking about ?
Yes, the links are in the video description. You can also google the University of Minnesota Bee Lab and find it that way.
@@FrederickDunn thank you
I'm not a fan of hers. I proposed the condensing hive theory years ago to her and she totally shut me down over email and said they'd continue to suggest all their keepers here in Minnesota continue to wrap in black tar paper and use upper vents. She refused to entertain the new science and seemed to rest on old data. Which is wild to me as she holds a PhD. Always learning seemed to be out of her wheelhouse. Someone finally got through to her recently though and she did entertain the hive hugger system which employs the condensing hive theory. I hate to be that guy, but I was glad to see she's retiring. We need new exciting ideas here, not old theories that leave deadouts for a large amount of bees.
I never knew that she had that position, and haven't found her to be closed minded on any beekeeping topic or practice. I think it's valuable to have alternative practices but also think It's important to grow with new discoveries. Upper venting is the standard for many keepers across the country, I used to use vent also. Having alternative practices and opinions are very important for hive management and improvements. Her greatest expertise lies in social immunity and bee health. The good news is that you are free to keep them in a way that works for you, and the best practices are suggested, not dictated.
@@FrederickDunn While I agree I also disagree with her stance to leave it untested given our temps here get to -40 actual with no windchill and the position is killing bees. People listen to her opinion here like its gospel and the Bee Lab teaches many courses here that people follow. I've unfortunately have had to undo her damage for years with beekeepers I mentor. You are correct, to each their own, but I also defend our bees as I know you do. Its one thing to voice an opinion with data backing it, its quite another to refuse to hear another opinion backed by data by simply dismissing it outright. Oh well, new blood is exciting here for man of us.
@@RunningWithSauce I absolutely agree, all discussion channels should remain open or growth can be stifled. We all want to do a better job with each passing season.
😮😮😮 6000 $ USD per seat , wow.
Safe to say I'll never find myself in a seat at a TED talk :)
Very good interview, Mr Dunn.
My take away from it was that « Our best practice in beekeeping has been on a path for the past 30+ years that has brought the bee population to the state of no longer being capable of « living on their own »!
Maybe one should ask question on if whether or not the path taken was the correct one…??? To me that path chosen is destroying the bee if one considers the consequences on the bees of that said path…Or maybe that was the idea in the first place…which would mean that the effect on the bees of loosing their capability of self survival is good thing…???
To me that is not a good think but shooting ourselves in the foot, destroying the very thing we want to protect…😢
Saying on that path and especially calling it « our best practice » should help want to change the path taken. This is just a common sense conclusion by evaluating the result of the said « best practice ».🤷♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤔🤔🤔
The current path as a whole, being agriculture and the honey bee's part in it, is not working out by any scientific metric. Our top academic researchers are on the same page, that we are making plants, soil, and beneficial insects toxic. It's not sustainable. However, so long as income is prioritized over diversity and environmental health, the canary in the coal mine will continue to be ignored.
@@FrederickDunn I so agree! Yup that’s the foot print…. And we continue to support their values by playing their game…and adding insult to injury we qualify it as being « the best be practice » while we should at the very least qualify it as « despicable…and …sad state of affairs »😵💫
The industry is digging itself into a deeper and deeper hole while at the same time asking science to help them survive in their descent and complaining that it is not doing that good of a job…The industry is imploding before our very eyes and we are participating in it and are watching it happen. In other words does who see the canary are not helping and less responsible to those who ignore it. My two cents, for what it’s worth🤷♀️
@@suzanneguiho4882 We are resuscitating the canary instead of improving the coal mine environment.
@@FrederickDunn 😂😂😂😂
That’s why I am always exhausted.!!!
@@suzanneguiho4882 I agree 100%. Your idiotic liberal diatribe is exhausting.
Terrible interviewer!! Why are we asking these pre written questions when she is an expert on the topic that the interview is supposed to be about? It shouldn’t take 15 minutes to talk about your core topic.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Pre-written questions? Where did I state what the interview is supposed to be about? It's about Marla Spivak just as the title states. I'm interested in people, I'm also interested in what they do. What's the "core topic" you needed? I'm sure she's covered it elsewhere.