The BeeCraft Podcast

BeeCraft June 2026 featuring Pete Davies hornet nest hunting in New Zealand

The editing team, Richard, Lucy and Stephen, discuss the June issue plus an exclusive interview with Pete Davies, formerly of the National Bee Unit, who has recently returned from yellow-legged…

BeeCraft May 2026 featuring BuzzCopper inventor and a BeeCraft illustrator

A low-cost breakthrough in automatically identifying the presence of the invasive yellow-legged hornet at a bait station with no risk of bycatch has been invented by Jon Semple -- hear how it came…

Brazil's best kept secrets - Kate Graydon tells us about its stingless bees

In this podcast special from Sao Paulo in Brazil, Kate Graydon of Bristol University tells BeeCraft about her latest research into the wonderful world of Brazil's stingless bees. They can bite, they…

BeeCraft April 2026

The backstory to the April issue of BeeCraft magazine, with co-editors Richard Rickitt and Stephen Fleming. Video links mentioned in the podcast: "My Garden of a Thousand Bees" on BBC iPlayer (50…

BeeCraft March 2026 issue - behind the scenes featuring Peter Smith

Another look behind the scenes of another issue of BeeCraft featuring Broodbox contributor Peter Smith and Richard's unfortunate encounter with a goat.

BeeCraft February issue - behind the scenes

Co-editors, Richard and Stephen, and the magazine designer, Amanda, talk about the February 2026 issue - plus a cameo appearance from Dafydd Pett, and getting in the way of a famous person at the…

The BeeCraft Podcast January

BeeCraft January issue - behind the scenes

The editors discuss the January 2026 issue and let you into a few secrets. Subscribe to BeeCraft magazine at www.bee-craft.com

Professor Lars Chittka in conversation with BeeCraft, December 2025

A BeeCraft podcast recorded in December 2025 with Professor Lars Chittka, bee scientist and world-famous author of The Mind of a Bee, an exploration of the tiny but highly sophisticated brains of…