Jeff joined the Medina County Beekeepers Association and the Ohio State Beekeeper’s Association so he could continue to learn from others in the business. Jeff grew his operation from a hobbyist into a small sideliner business selling honey and beeswax and providing local pollination services.
He purchased three colonies from a retiring beekeeper and his interest continued to grow. After buying his own home Hinckley, Ohio as an adult, Jeff picked up on his interest in beekeeping. Jeff spent much of that boyhood summer enjoying the sights, sounds, and smells of the observation hive. Jeff’s honeybees resided on his second-floor bedroom desk in Lakewood, Ohio. He enlisted his father’s help to buy an A.I. While in 6th grade, Jeff’s interest in all things flying and crawling turned to honeybees. The podcasts are beginning to take more time but he still keeps a few bees, gardens, has chickens and ducks and gets to be home a lot more than he used to.Ĭohost, Producer, Editor & Audio Engineer. He officially retired in 2019, but still consults occasionally with the new Editor, and with the Publisher of his other books.
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Traveling extensively, He has given lectures in 48 states and six countries.ĭuring his 33 years as Bee Culture Editor, he produced five books of his own, including four editions of The Backyard Beekeeper, plus In Business With Bees, The Honey Handbook, First Time Beekeeping, and with Marina Marchese, The Honey Connoisseur, and to be released in 2021, Common Sense Natural Beekeeping, with Stephanie Bruneau. Kim also worked with the local Medina County Beekeepers Association, serving as President for several years, and teaching their Beginner’s Class. After two stints as Director, he was elected Chairman Of The Board, and was the annual President twice for meetings in Ohio, with Jim Tew as Program Chair, and in New York, with Bob Brachman. Working with The Ohio State Beekeepers Association he became President, then EAS Director. He designed the first of Root’s beekeeping web pages, and started the daily email blast CATCH THE BUZZ. Root, he created a new magazine, BEEKeeping, Your First Three Years, and also published several books, by authors such as Clarence Collison, Mark Winston, Roger Morse, Bill Mares, Paul Jackson, Richard Taylor, Dewey Caron and Steve Tabor, along with editing three editions of The ABC and XYZ Of Bee Culture, with Roger Morse, H. Root’s monthly beekeeping magazine.ĭuring his tenure at A.
John Root was also on the EAS Board at the time, and after a year offered the job of Publications Manager and Editor of Gleanings In Bee Culture, A.I. While there he joined the CT Beekeepers Association, became President and then CT Director to EAS. When the lab closed, he moved to Connecticut where he was a farm manager, producing row crop vegetables and managing an apple orchard. While an undergrad he worked for the UW Entomology Department, researching insect control in green houses and gardens, and writing Extension Bulletins about those pests.Īfter graduation, he worked for the USDA Honey Bee Research Lab in Madison for four years, studying crop pollination, pesticide problems with honey bees and using honey plants in the home landscape. Kim Flottum attended the University Of Wisconsin, Madison, receiving a BS in Horticulture Production.
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