How Honeybees Teach Us To Let Nature Heal All By Itself With Henry Svec

Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Corinna Bellizzi

Personal Journals, Earth Sciences, Society & Culture, Documentary, Science

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

We know so little about honeybees, but the way they move and form colonies are very telling indeed. When Henry Svec and his wife Mary converted their 50-acre farm into a honeybee sanctuary, he learned a lot not only about taking care of them but also about preserving nature. Joining Corinna Bellizzi, the Founder of Wildflower Bee Farm and Author of “What Grandpa Learned from His Honeybees” shares how the hive-building behavior of honeybees opened his eyes to nature's interconnectedness and why it should be allowed to heal by itself. Henry also discusses some myths regarding bees and honey, maximizing the effect of beneficial bacteria, the advantages of land banking, and the benefits of infrared light to honeybee farms.

About Guest:

Henry Svec is the Founder of Wildflower Bee Farm and Author of “What Grandpa Learned from His Honeybees.” In late 2019, he and his wife Mary converted their 50-acre cash crop farm in Southwestern Ontario into a bee sanctuary, where they have been chronicling their daily work through weekly videos since January 2020. Henry is also a full-time value investor and lead investigator focusing on healthcare fraud for charterjustice.ca.

Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hank-svec-07a6156/

Guest Website: https://wildflowerbeefarm.com

Guest Social: https://instagram.com/wildflower_bee_farm

Additional Resources Mentioned: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1989346960/

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0:00.0	And any beekeeping is good beekeeping. I think that's one of the problems we have with
0:03.5	beekeeping. I was talking to someone at the environmental conference who was telling me I should
0:07.4	do this with my bees and I should do this. And I kept correct. I could do that. I could do that.
0:12.1	And it's great that you're doing that. But people get too pushed into their boxes about beekeeping,
0:17.0	especially when there's mites and the bees are collapsing. A lot of bees, you know what,
0:20.9	they get up in the morning and they look around, they go, you know what, this isn't a great
0:23.7	house and we're going to move. So all of a sudden, they get up and they move. And we call it
0:27.3	absconding. And everybody says, well, the bees are gone. They're just, they calmly collapse disorder.
0:31.5	They're all gone. Well, maybe they left because they didn't like the neighborhood, and there wasn't enough food. No, seriously, that's why they leave, where you're spraying too much or the tree, or they're
0:40.2	afraid.
0:40.9	So it's all part of what happens.
0:43.1	So I guess our challenge, you ask me maybe what the problem is, we have to know when
0:47.4	not to help and when to help.
0:49.5	And that's the hardest thing for me right now.
0:52.3	Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social
0:57.9	impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes.
1:01.7	Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain.
1:07.0	You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today.
1:11.8	Here's your host, Karina Belizzi.
1:16.4	Hello, fellow do-goaters and friends. I'm your host, Karina Belizzi.
1:21.0	Today, you're going to learn a bit about the very start of this podcast, before it was even a podcast, as I finally talk about something
1:29.5	near and dear to my heart as the focal point of this very show. They are the givers of food,
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