Naked & Afraid Beekeeping

About this episode

Eric Bennett discusses beekeeping with survivalists Tara Skubella and Darrin Reay, exploring their unique apitherapy project and various beekeeping strategies.

In this fun episode of Bee Love Beekeeping , host Eric Bennett sits down with Tara Skubella and Darrin Reay — survivalists best known from Discovery Channel's Naked and Afraid — to talk all things honey bees and beekeeping. The duo shares their passion project: a custom apitherapy bee hut built atop four Langstroth hives, where visitors breathe healing pheromones and soak up therapeutic vibrations without a single sting. ______________ $10 off your next order! https://www.mannlakeltd.com/ • Discount Code: MLBEELOVE10 _________________ Darren, a fabricator-turned-beekeeper with 13 hives and three consecutive winters of zero colony loss, also breaks down his smart insulation strategy — R40 on the lid, R10 on the walls — mimicking how wild bees survive in hollow trees and cliff crevices. Tara balances Darrin's nuts-and-bolts beekeeping approach by describing herself as a "bee alchemist" who leads breathwork retreats inside the hut and helps guests build genuine relationships with their colonies. Throw in Darrin's chaotic story of catching a swarm from atop a truck bed with a stepladder, Tara's near-miss with Africanized killer bees in Panama, and a beekeeper who runs a queen…

People in this episode

Host: Eric Bennett

Guests: Tara Skubella, Darrin Reay

Topics covered

• beekeeping
• survival
• apitherapy
• honey bees
• breathwork
• sustainability

Keywords

• beekeeping
• honey bees
• apitherapy
• survivalists
• breathwork
• pheromones
• queen retirement home
• swarm catching

Sponsors

Mann Lake

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Discovery Channel

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