Mar 4, 2021
“I decided I was done working inside. It started to weigh on me.”
Today, Dr. Rob Downey speaks with Jacob Werner, the head beekeeper at Stoked Beekeeping Co. in Homer, Alaska. Stoked is a family run beekeeping company, which started in 2015 with just a single beehive. They now operate close to 150 beehives among south central Alaska’s pristine subalpine meadows. Today they talk about the health benefits of bee products- not limited to honey.
Get some delicious and beneficial bee products from the Stoked Beekeeping online store.
Timestamps:
[01:25] What’s so special about different types of honey?
[11:25] Health benefits from honey
[15:28] How almost every food item can be traced directly to bees
[22:03] Why local is best for bee items
[25:27] Educating others on the different aspects of beekeeping
Jacob Werner is the head beekeeper at Stoked Beekeeping Co. He has a degree in business management from Alaska Pacific University. He has worked for beekeepers in California, Quebec, British Columbia, France and now Alaska. While working in California, he started a small bee company 'Bearded Bees'.
Stoked is a family run beekeeping company based out of the beautiful town of Homer, Alaska. Started in 2015 with just a single beehive, they now operate close to 150 beehives among south-central Alaska’s pristine subalpine meadows.