What's going on everyone? Welcome back to the show. Thank you so much for tuning in last week with

Ryan McAllister. Martha Stewart's Gardner. Today I'm bringing you another guest and this is a woman that I actually

met on Instagram who I then stalked her

Instagram feed not in a creepy way don't get any ideas and realize she was a

master of bees she's a solo beekeeper and knows so much about bees

that I ended up connecting with her and saying,

hey, you know what, why don't you share a little bit

of your knowledge on bees on the podcast?

Because, you know, if that's what you're're doing you know a lot more than I do about

that and so I wanted to bring some really specific B related gardening knowledge to you guys

this week and so her name is McKay Joyce and she lives out in

Utah and this this whole week is just going to be about bees, how hives work, ways

to attract bees into the garden, ways that bees interact with a garden,

as well as other beneficial insects that we're going to want to consider having in the garden.

And I know I've talked about this stuff before in the podcast, but I figured why not bring someone whose life

is bugs and bees onto the show for you guys so without further ado let's bring you

a treat with McKay Joyce. Joyce.

Okay, cool.

So first of all, I think it'd probably be a good idea to get a sense of who you are and

why you're into bees, what your background is,

and why everyone should kind of listen to what you have to say about it.

Well, my name is McKay and I have been fascinated by the tiny world of insects for as long as I can remember. They are just so

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