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In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Jamie Ellis interview Dr. Jon Zawislak, an Assistant Professor of Apiculture and Urban Entomology in the Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology at the University of Arkansas, to discuss his program at the university and his book, Honey Bee Health. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.
37 “Bringin' On the Heartbreak” That Moto Show w/Jamie Ellis Welcome back to That Moto Show, your favorite Tech Podcast. Email your questions to be featured and comment below if you'd like to see us cover something. Bit of a longer episode for you all, the longest one so far. We have Twisted Development's Jamie Ellis and talk about a lot of stuff. Eli's Trail Bike: https://youtu.be/rsaLfDu0mVE YZ125 Piston Change: https://youtu.be/cHUOXNw16yE TX300 Carb King Build: https://youtu.be/WdQYwXlxyOE Mountain Trail Bike Shootout: https://youtu.be/vCG_qfK4RkA CRF50 OEM vs. China Carb: https://youtu.be/jxs8UxX4iQU Fixing Stuck Carb Float: https://youtu.be/L7eOar1K1xc Top 178 Tips for your Dirt Bike: https://youtu.be/duRaK-ThEzg If you shop online at Rocky Mountain ATV/MC please click this affiliate link to shop in the future. There is no extra cost & it helps support our channel. Remember to click this link RM ATV/MC -DBTV Shopping each time you need to go there to shop. https://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/l/Jay-Clarks-Top-Picks?ref=1050&utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=jayclark&utm_campaign=influencer If you shop Amazon visit the DBTV store to see all of our top products we use! https://www.amazon.com/shop/dirtbiketv1?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsfshop_aipsfdirtbiketv1_DR2MT6AYGYH1YSDAKRRN Jay Clark/Dirt Bike TV has been around the Dirt Bike industry for thirty years and is always looking to learn and help others do so as well. Give a follow or drop an email if you have any questions or comments. Thanks for listening and watching! You can watch all the episodes on our YouTube or listen on all audio podcast platforms. https://www.youtube.com/c/DirtBikeTV Instagram: @dirtbiketv1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dirtbiketv1/ Website: https://dirtbiketv1.com Email: jay@dirtbiketv1.com Thanks for watching or listening, don't forget to share and subscribe. #podcast #motorcycle #motocross #mx #offroad
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Jamie Ellis interview Dr. Irfan Kandemir from the Department of Biology and the Faculty of Science at Ankara University about beekeeping in Turkey. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.
Got a chance to go test a 2025 KTM 300 XC up in the hills of the high desert so I decided to make a show about it since I liked it so much. After that decision, I decided to grab Jamie Ellis from Twisted Development to talk about some of his magical ECU mapping he does to the stock KTM 300XC. Get the scoop on KTM's best off-road two stroke right here!
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Jamie Ellis interview Professor Dirk de Graaf from the Laboratory for Molecular Entomology and Bee Pathology in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at Ghent University's Faculty of Sciences to discuss the Better-B Project. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu and Dr. Jamie Ellis interview Dr. Lena Barascou, a postdoctoral scientist at the Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory in the Entomology and Nematology at the University of Florida, to discuss mosquito impacts on honey bee colonies. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Amy Vu interviews Jamie Ellis, the Gahan Endowed Professor of Entomology in the Department of Entomology and Nematology at the University of Florida, to discuss wild honey bee research. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu are joined by Eric Malcolm — Apicultural Extension Educator and the Apiary Manager at the University of Maryland Bee Lab in the Department of Entomology — to discuss colony inspections. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu are joined by Dr. Meghan Milbrath — Assistant Professor and Apiculture Extension Specialist with the Department of Entomology and the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at Michigan State University Extension — to discuss how to recognize European foulbrood. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu are joined by Eugene Makovec — Editor of the American Bee Journal — to discuss his unique perspective on beekeeping as head of the well-known publication. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu are joined by Norman Carreck — Director of Carreck Consultancy Ltd. and Co-Editor of The Beekeepers Quarterly in the United Kingdom — to discuss Insignia-EU, an international citizen scientist environmental monitoring project. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu are joined by Mike Allsopp—Senior Researcher in honey bee research for the Agricultural Research Council in Stellenbosch, South Africa to discuss beekeeping in South Africa. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu are joined by Dr. Antonios Tsagkarakis —Assistant Professor in the Laboratory of Sericulture and Apiculture in the Department of Crop Sciences at the Agricultural University of Athens in Athens, Greece to discuss beekeeping in Greece, as well as research that his lab is currently conducting. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, Dr. Jamie Ellis interviews our very own, Amy Vu, to discuss the LevelingUp Extension program, through the USDA Beginner Farmer and Rancher Development Program, at the University of Florida Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on June 3rd, 2025, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu are joined by Dr. Brittney Goodrich—Assistant Professor in the Agriculture and ConsumerEconomics Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to discuss almond pollinationcontract analysis. This episode ends with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode Keefer brings in his buddies David Martinez (AKA, Fireman Dave) and Eddie Laret to discuss the latest Twisted Development KTM 350 SX-F build. How built is this engine? Who is this mid sized beast for? What is it like to ride a built KTM 350 SX-F? We even get Jamie Ellis on the show to discuss a breakdown of engine parts as well as how those parts translate to track feeling. Lots of laughs and learning involved in this show.
Kris and Aden Keefer sit down to talk about their latest 2025 KX250 Garage Build. This build is meant to go amateur motocross racing so if you want to get the ins and out of what is done to this Team Green machine, listen as both Keefers break it down along with special guest, Jamie Ellis.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on March 12th, 2025, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome back Dr. Andony Melathopoulos—Associate Professor of Pollinator Health Extension in the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon—about updates on his lab and projects he's working on. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on March 4th, 2025, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Elizabeth Walsh—a USDA-ARS Research Entomologist at the Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Research Lab in Baton Rouge, Louisiana—about hangry bees. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on February 26th, 2025, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Dewey Caron—a retired Professor and the current content and communications specialist that oversees the Oregon Master Beekeeper Program in the Department of Horticulture with Oregon State University—about Citizen Scientist and The BeeMD. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on February 18th, 2025, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Cliff Struhl—President and CEO of BeeSmart Designs—to talk about monetizing beekeeping beyond just bees and honey. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on February 11th, 2025, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Cecilia Costa—a Senior Researcher with the Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), based in Italy—to talk about an EU funded project called BeeGuards. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
Keefer sits down with Jamie Ellis from Twisted Development to talk about the secret under the fuel tanks of some professional MX/SX teams. Can you tame down the YZ450F enough to ride it harder/longer? Is the cost of this throttle body felt enough on the track? What other teams are using an aftermarket throttle body on their bikes? What exactly is the difference between an RP throttle body and a stock one? All of this broken down and more in this episode!
We have a unique show this week as we get Dallas Dunn in studio to talk about how a 2025 KTM 250 SX two stroke helped him find the love for riding again. This is not your traditional bike review as we dive deep into what this bike can do but also how a two stroke can make the flame for riding ignite again. We will break down the orange pumpkin and even get Jamie Ellis from Twisted Development on the show to discuss two strokes and how the orange bike compares to the blue smoker.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on December 17, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Gabriela Quinlan—a Research Ecologist with the USDA ARS who is currently based in North Carolina—to talk about winter bees. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on December 10, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Kaitlin Deutsch—a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory in the Entomology and Nematology Department at the University of Florida—to talk about pathogen spillover between honey bees and native bees. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on December 3, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Mohamed Alburaki—a research entomologist at the Bee Research Laboratory with the USDA ARS in Beltsville, Maryland—to talk about his publishing(s) on the status report of honey bee diseases in the United States from 2015-2022. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this special episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on November 12, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu relay important information on the Save The Bees License Plate. For more information, please visit https://www.savethebeesplate.com/ or email info@savethebees.com with any questions. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on November 5, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Patrick Hardy—the Executive Director of Bee Platoon—to talk about Bee Platoon: a honey bee disaster response team based in California. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on October 29, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Geoff Williams—an Associate Professor at the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn University—to talk about a hot global topic in the honey bee world: Tropilaelaps. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on October 22, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Jennifer Standley—who finished her master's degree here at the UF Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory, and is now completing her PhD with Dr. Geoff Williams at his laboratory in the department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn University—to talk about a research project that she did here at UF with Jamie titled, “Does consuming irradiated royal jelly affect Apis mellifera larvae development and survival to adulthood in vitro?”. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on October 15, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Ray Olivarez—the owner of Olivarez Honey Bees incorporated in Orland, California—to talk about queen production, pollination, and package production. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on October 8, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Kirk Anderson—the lead scientist, a molecular microbial ecologist and research microbiologist at the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center for the USDA Agricultural Research Service—to talk about his manuscript, “A longitudinal field study of commercial honey bees shows that non-native probiotics do not rescue antibiotic treatment, and are generally not beneficial.” This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on October 1, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Huw Evans—a lead innovator for BeeHero X—to talk about his publication “Hive Orientation and Colony Strength Affect Honey Bee Colony Activity during Almond Pollination.” This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on September 24, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Christina Grozinger—a Professor at Pennsylvania State University as well as the Director at the Center for Pollinator Research and the Center for Technology and Livings System—to talk Beescape. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on September 17, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Kelsey Graham—a Research Entomologist with the USDA ARS Pollinating Insects, Biology, Management, & Systematics Research Unit in Logan, Utah—to talk about her paper, “High pesticide exposure and risk to bees in pollinator plantings adjacent to conventionally managed blueberry fields.” This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on September 10, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Zac Lamas—a NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Jay Evans' Laboratory at the USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland—to talk about his paper, “Nano Colonies: Rearing honey bee queens and their offspring in small laboratory arenas.” This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on September 3, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome back Kaylin Kleckner—a PhD candidate at the Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory at the University of Florida—to talk about wild honey bee colonies as well as some specific research she is doing in South Africa. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on August 27, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Mehmet Döke—an Assistant Professor at the University College of Utrecht in the Netherlands—to talk about a publication that he wrote, “Colony Size, Rather Than Geographic Origin of Stocks, Predicts Overwintering Success in Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Northeastern United States.” This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on August 20, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome back Dr. Keith Delaplane—Professor, Walter B. Hill Fellow & Honey Bee Program Director in the Department of Entomology at the University of Georgia—to continue speaking about biogeography evolution. This episode is part two of two and concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on August 13, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome back Dr. Keith Delaplane—Professor, Walter B. Hill Fellow & Honey Bee Program Director in the Department of Entomology at the University of Georgia—to talk about biogeography evolution. This episode is part one of two. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: www.ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on August 6, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Robyn Underwood—an Extension Educator in Apiculture with the Department of Entomology at Penn State University as well as the EPIQ Program Leader—to talk about the EPIQ Program. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on July 30, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome back Dr. Tom Seeley—a Professor of Biology in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University as well as the author of several books on honey bee behavior—to talk about his research on the honey bee colony as a honey factory as well as his new book: Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on July 23, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Kaira Wagoner—a research scientist with the Department of Biology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro as well as the CEO of Optera—to talk about the research paper, “Hygiene-Eliciting Brood Semiochemicals as a Tool for Assaying Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colony Resistance to Varroa.” This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on July 16, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Pierre Lau—a research entomologist/ecologist at the Pollinator Health in Southern Crop Ecosystems Research Unit which is part of the USDA ARS—to talk about the research paper, “The nutritional landscape in agroecosystems: a review on how resources and management practices can shape pollinator health in agricultural environments.” This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on July 9, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome back Dr. Marla Spivak—a distinguished McKnight professor in the Department of Entomology at the University of Minnesota—to talk about breeding for Varroa resistance. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on July 2, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Dr. Michael Brown—a practicing family physician, a hobbyist beekeeper, the President of the Missouri State Beekeeper's Association, and a Master Beekeeper in the Great Plains Master Beekeeper Program—about honey bee stings. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on June 25, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome back Ian Steppler—who is a commercial beekeeper and runs the Canadian Beekeeper's Blog— to talk about one of the latest crazes in the bee world: indoor overwintering. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on June 18, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Kathy Clay, a retired Battalion Chief Fire Marshal and certified Master Beekeeper, about the link between mental wellness and beekeeping. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.
In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on June 11, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Dr. Larry Connor the owner and founding member of Wicwas Press, LLC about his experience as a bee keeper, a bee scientist, and a bee educator as well as brood patterns and why they're important. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today's episode.