Tennessee Bees and Hive Life with Kamon Reynolds (S5, E25)

If you don’t already know about Kamon Reynolds and his YouTube channel with over 52,000 subscribers, it’s time you check him out.

You’ll find it on YouTube under his name or the channel’s name Tennessee’s Bees. There he discusses a problem, a technique, a new product, a solution, chats with a guest and more, and it’s all about everything you can imagine bees, beekeeping and beekeepers.

His show is laid back, easy to follow and right on with current beekeeping information, science, technology, skills and more, all in an incredibly beekeeper to beekeeper discussion.

Plus, for the past 2 years he’s hosted a meeting called Hive Life, a two-day extravaganza in eastern Tennessee with more than 1,000 attendees and more vendors than you can imagine. The 2023 conference in early January is already sold out, but you can sign up to be notified if more space opens up.

Kamon and his wife Laura (who was keeping bees when they met) have been in the bee business over 18 years, they run over 250 wood and plastic hives, sell nucs, some queens, honey and gladly share what they know and think you might be interested in on a weekly basis. Check out their YouTube program and we’ll bet there’s something there for you.

Kim brings us a new book review in this episode, "Splitting Colonies for the Small-Scale Beekeeper" by David MacFawn. 

We hope you enjoy the episode. Leave comments and questions in the Comments Section of the episode's website.

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Links and websites mentioned in this podcast: 

• Tennessee Bees on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@kamonreynolds-tennesseesbe3478
• Hive Life Conference - https://www.hivelifeconference.com/
  
• Beekeeping Today Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@beekeepingtodaypodcast
• Honey Bee Obscura - https://www.honeybeeobscura.com

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Podcast music: Be Strong by Young Presidents; Epilogue by Musicalman; Walking in Paris by Studio Le Bus; A Fresh New Start by Pete Morse; Original guitar background instrumental by Jeff Ott

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