© 2024 Public Radio Tulsa
800 South Tucker Drive
Tulsa, OK 74104
(918) 631-2577

A listener-supported service of The University of Tulsa
classical 88.7 | public radio 89.5
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Bees and Beekeeping in Your Own Backyard

By Rich Fisher

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kwgs/local-kwgs-891300.mp3

Tulsa, Oklahoma – On today's show, we're talking about bees, beekeeping, and other such buzzing matters with Kim Flottum, editor of "Bee Culture: The Magazine of American Keeping" and author of "The Backyard Beekeeper." Mr. Flottum will be both a speaker and participant at the upcoming Northeast Oklahoma Beekeepers Association Spring 2010 Conference, which happens in Tulsa on March 19th and 20th (at the Eastside Christian Church; on 15th Street, near Harvard Avenue). As he tells our host Rich Fisher on today's program, beekeeping is a hobby that's becoming more and more popular across the country --- and that's ideally suited for people who enjoy the outdoors, gardening, and/or yard work. Beekeeping is also, of course, very appealing to folks interested in having bees in their garden for pollination reasons --- and to those honey-lovers among us who are especially keen on "locally grown" foods. For more information on this topic, and on the upcoming conference here in Tulsa, please visit neoba.org.