Root’s monthly beekeeping magazine.ĭuring his tenure at A. John Root was also on the EAS Board at the time, and after a year offered the job of Publications Manager and Editor of Gleanings In Bee Culture, A.I. While there he joined the CT Beekeepers Association, became President and then CT Director to EAS. When the lab closed, he moved to Connecticut where he was a farm manager, producing row crop vegetables and managing an apple orchard. While an undergrad he worked for the UW Entomology Department, researching insect control in green houses and gardens, and writing Extension Bulletins about those pests.Īfter graduation, he worked for the USDA Honey Bee Research Lab in Madison for four years, studying crop pollination, pesticide problems with honey bees and using honey plants in the home landscape. Kim Flottum attended the University Of Wisconsin, Madison, receiving a BS in Horticulture Production. While there, Kim introduced Jeff to Sherry Jennings, an executive with the National Honey Board in Longmont, Colorado. Kim invited Jeff to attend the annual American Beekeeping Federation conference in Kansas City. The column provided practical advice for hobbyist beekeepers. Kim recruited Jeff and they created a regular column called the Weekender. While active with the Ohio beekeepers’ organizations, Jeff met the editor of Bee Culture magazine, Kim Flottum. He also created Medina County’s first newsletter: The Bee Herder. Jeff was president of the Medina organization and was a director of the Ohio association. He joined the Medina County Beekeepers Association and the Ohio State Beekeeper’s Association so he could continue to learn from others in the business. Jeff grew his operation from a hobbyist into a small sideliner business selling honey and beeswax and providing local pollination services. He purchased three colonies from a retiring beekeeper and his interest continued to grow. After buying his own home Hinckley, Ohio as an adult, he picked up on his interest in beekeeping. He spent much of that boyhood summer enjoying the sights, sounds, and smells of the observation hive. Jeff’s honeybees resided on his second-floor bedroom desk in Lakewood, Ohio. He enlisted his father’s help to buy an A.I. While in 6th grade, Jeff’s interest in all things flying and crawling turned to honeybees.
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