Our guest on the podcast is the one and only Kirk Anderson, a natural, no-treatment beekeeper and our mentor. Kirk tells a lot of funny stories and shares his wisdom on how to keep bees in a big city. During the podcast we discuss:

• Mean bees
• Africanized bees
• Treating bees
• Buying package bees vs. collecting feral bees
• Michael Bush’s method of re-queening a hot hive
• How to keep bees in an urban environment
• Why Kirk doesn’t use foundation
• What’s ailing the bees and what’s wrong with the big beekeepers
• Movie: More Than Honey
• Langstroth vs. top bar
• Kirk’s and Russel Bates’ how-to videos on Youtube
• Kirk on Facebook

If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. Additional music by Rho. A downloadable version of this podcast is here.