Hey folks, welcome back. This is Andy and this is the Poor Pole's Almanac. Today we're

joined by Mick from Boomt Tree Bees in Ireland.

The mission of Boom Tree Bees is to help with conservation and rewilding of the native, but not very well known, honeybee, through habitat creation and development.

What's particularly interesting is their use of log hives, with the goals that it mimics the natural habitat for honeybees in the Irish countryside.

Mix incredible knowledge on the subject of honeybees and specifically the native honeybee to Ireland is inspiring as a fellow beekeeper.

And I think you'll really enjoy hearing his thoughts on the role of beekeeping

and honeybees in 2022. While most of our audience is in the United States, I think it's really

important to understand the context of the honeybee and maybe start thinking about the place of the

honeybee within our ecosystem. It's not an easy answer, and I'm not sure if we have one here, but I do think this is

where we begin those conversations.

So take a listen.

Let us know what you think.

Mick, thanks so much for joining us.

So tell me a little bit about this organization, Boomtree Bees, where it came from,

kind of what was the inspiration for it?

Right, so I'll have to start off kind of with my background.

So I grew up in Holland, where I kind of lived up and lived in the countryside.

And because of the involvement and me being out there all the time

like I got real interest in trees and conservation work so I kind of followed that up with

studies then so I did an international went to an international college in Velp you call it

so that's in Holland where I studied forestry and landscape

management. And I did then finishing off with a kind of more individual subject in conservation work.

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