Thursday Mar 05, 2020

The Second Genesis Awakening with Debara Bruhn Towt

Michael Schmaeling: Farm Manager, Rodale Institute Resident Beekeeper

You are in for a heart warming show with special Guest Michael Schmaeling as he shares his unique management of Honey Bee's … Regenerative Selective Genetics’ … A rare experience with one who communicates with the bee's ...

Michael Schmaeling Founders Campus Farm Manager, Rodale Institute Resident Beekeeper. Michael manages and maintains the Institute’s treatment-free honeybee conservancy, where he selectively breeds healthy queens to create new colonies. Additionally, he is the manager of the Rodale Institute Founder’s Campus.

Mike Schmaeling ~developed innovative breeding techniques to better isolate mating when “splitting” colonies. Last year, he says he roughly tripled his colonies, which then suffered 50% mortality. Learn what happening with the colonies in 2020.

https://rodaleinstitute.org/blog/the-organic-beekeeping-frontier-a-conversation-with-rodale-institutes-beekeeper/?fbclid=IwAR3-BP7KSagskTKhxXsooa0aMDVItqBa3gv1JxbVyYqmUbHAt_KVKBUfPeg

Find Mike at Rodale Institute ... https://rodaleinstitute.org/about/staff/

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