Michigan State University

There's no place like home

We think insects live outside, but the truth is some live in our houses and others live in their own homes. Mark Shepardigian from Rose Pest Solutions is no stranger to bedbugs and he'll tell us why they’re more frequent bedfellows than they used to be. But first, how does the way humans raise honeybees affect their home lives, and what complications arise when people decide to depend on bees for their own livelihood? We talk to Michigan beekeeper and honey packer Terry Klein about hives and swarms and with Zachary Huang, MSU bee biologist and steward of the web site CyberBee.

Extra-Episodic nugget: Bed bug mating particulars

Guest Editor: Dr. Chris DiFonzo
Guest Reader: Monica Fiedler
Music: "Fixing My Brain Final Remix " by UFO, under Creative Commons license.
More links: American Beekeeping Federation, beekeeping for beginners, serious info about bed bugs (good pics), fun bed bug video ,


InsectaPod Cast
Dept. of Entomology
Michigan State University
243 Natural Science Building
East Lansing, MI 48824