<![CDATA[Bee Mentors]]>EVERY BEEKEEPER HAS A MENTOR

Welcome to Bee Mentors, the podcast about great beekeepers and the stories and mentors behind them

]]>https://www.beementors.fmRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:49:36 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2026 22:57:28 GMT60Rey Baboota and Ramsey Wilson<p>EVERY BEEKEEPER HAS A MENTOR</p><p></p><p>Welcome to Bee Mentors, the podcast about great beekeepers and the stories and mentors behind them</p>episodicRey Baboota and Ramsey Wilsonramsey.wilson@gmail.comno<![CDATA[Marla Spivak]]>While her life was falling apart at the seams, bees and beekeepers saved Marla Spivak's life. They gave her hope and reason to be optimistic. "I owe them," she says. That debt and her love for living in a confusing, messy space at the edge of what she doesn't know, together, propelled a life that changed the landscape of American beekeeping.

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]]>ee3b0f6c-1342-4e04-b5f7-9f815b6ac97eFri, 11 Sep 2026 18:28:22 GMT<p>While her life was falling apart at the seams, bees and beekeepers saved Marla Spivak's life. They gave her hope and reason to be optimistic. "I owe them," she says. That debt and her love for living in a confusing, messy space at the edge of what she doesn't know, together, propelled a life that changed the landscape of American beekeeping.</p><p></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.beementors.fm/transcriptmarlaspivak" target="_blank">Transcript (host-edited)</a></p><p></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.beementors.fm/sourcesmarlaspivak" target="_blank">Episode sources</a></p><p></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.beementors.fm/email" target="_blank">Sign up for email updates</a></p>no02:42:4712Marla Spivakfull<![CDATA[Kirk Webster]]>Kirk Webster chased down his bee mentors and built a commercial beekeeping operation without migrating for pollination, borrowing a bunch of money, running thousands of honey-producing colonies, or using chemical treatments with no end in sight.

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]]>1cdf0fb9-80e9-434e-8938-af3bf8dcaed0Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:00:44 GMT<p>Kirk Webster chased down his bee mentors and built a commercial beekeeping operation without migrating for pollination, borrowing a bunch of money, running thousands of honey-producing colonies, or using chemical treatments with no end in sight.</p><p></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.beementors.fm/transcriptkirkwebster" target="_blank">Transcript (host-edited)</a></p><p></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.beementors.fm/sourceskirkwebster" target="_blank">Episode sources</a></p><p></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.beementors.fm/email" target="_blank">Sign up for email updates</a></p>no02:41:1311Kirk Websterfull