{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fheartbeat-narratives.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fdarin-let-it-bee-honey-hives-and-hope-PtHjsJi4","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Darin: Let it Bee - Honey, Hives and Hope","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/20caee61-98b8-42db-bb6b-11b3e4c29658/56b91d51-01be-4eea-9239-76b593e5a111/darin.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/8c2d91ea-805d-461f-9c70-85da2c07b256\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Darin: Let it Bee - Honey, Hives and Hope\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"What did we learn, honey? Let them bee! In this buzzworthy episode, Darin Olson, a master beekeeper based in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, shares his deep knowledge of bees and their critical role in our food system. Originally from Illinois, Darin's beekeeping lineage dates back to the 1400s in Norway, giving him true perspective on the craft (and, of course, an inherited sweet tooth). He describes how bees strive for symbiotic harmony with bears (and humans) while also expressing the problem of antibiotics in commercial farming pollination practices. As an antidote to chemicals, Darin's goal is to create a natural bee feed from native Hawaiian medicinal plants to assist beekeepers and farmers in sustaining healthy hives globally. And we would be remiss if we didn't talk about bee stings, the infamous Queen bee, his bumbling childhood in the hives, and ways we can support pollinators. \n\nEpisode Highlights\n0:22 Intro to Darin\n0:52 Moved from Chicago to Molokaʻi in 1997\n1:14 Beekeeping is a family tradition from Norway\n1:59 Healing generational trauma from forced immigration\n2:30 Managing bee diseases by listening to the bees\n3:49 Beekeepers as stewards \n4:20 Symbiotic relationship between bees and bears/humans\n6:30 Bees = food for humans\n6:35 Learning to respect the hive at age 7  \n9:40 Multigenerational perpetuation of the practice\n10:03 Pollinators are integral to our food system\n10:41 Bovine antibiotics and honeybees \n11:38 The potential for \"bee feed\" that is medicine + food\n12:18 How honeybees naturally select plants to pollinate \n15:35 How can people support bees?  \n17:26 Problem: Sick bees spread disease which threatens our food system\n18:29 Solution: Awareness, remove antibiotics, grow medicinal plants (and buy local coffee!) \n20:02 Goodbye allergies! Benefits of eating local honey\n20:53 Poi and its beneficial enzymes for the gut \n21:21 Honey and infants\n22:36 Bee sting remedy\n23:03 The Queen Bee and reproduction\n26:25 Hive health depends on the Queen\n28:09 Honeybees naturally strive for perfection\n29:07 Global food security and crop yield - killer bees vs. honeybees \n30:48 Finding natural solutions in nature (as an antidote to antibiotics) \n\nShow Art Photo Credit: Darin Olson"}