Joe rogan psychologists mushrooms and bees

[saltybluegrass]

That?s how I found this article-
https://www.wired.com/story/a-mushroom-extract-might-save-bees-from-a-killer-virus/

I started listening to Joe Rogan podcasts. He really searches for truth in his interviews and has amazing guests . I went looking for a psychologist interview today and found this guy from a prior podcast about using psychedelic mushrooms.
(reminds me of Mr Bush)  I clicked on his face and found he?s a leading researcher in mushrooms and may be on to a cure for Verroa destructor after watching his own hive. 

[BeeMaster2]

Good article Salty. Thanks for posting.
Jim Altmiller

[Nock]

Very interesting

[FloridaGardener]

https://beemaster.com/forum/index.php?topic=49775.0

And yes, I have lots of reishi in my yard, so I throw one in the water dish.  Just in case it works.  Actually the bees do like to lounge on it and scratch at it. 

[Michael Bush]

> I went looking for a psychologist interview today and found this guy from a prior podcast about using psychedelic mushrooms.
(reminds me of Mr Bush)

He has a beard, but that's where the resemblance ends...  I do not use psychedelic mushrooms...  I saw a presentation by Dr. Steve Sheppard on this.  Dr. Sheppard is doing a lot of the research on this right now.

[FloridaGardener]

@MB- x2 on no resemblance to Paul Stamets. :)  Thanks for the directions to Dr. Steve Sheppard.

https://news.wsu.edu/2018/10/04/fungus-provides-powerful-medicine-fighting-honey-bee-viruses/
Notable quote: In field trials, colonies fed mycelium extract from amadou and reishi fungi showed a 79‑fold reduction in deformed wing virus and a 45,000‑fold reduction in Lake Sinai virus compared to control colonies.

Seems much of the research is done in the Pacific NW.  Since growing up there in the Cascade mountains,  I'm convinced micro-biodiversity = lush fertility without disease.

It's easy to grow these beneficial fungi/mushrooms by leaving some air gaps in a log berm made sections of branch or tree, even as small as 5 inches in diameter. 

Although now in critter-ful Florida, I don't need to use pesticides to kill bugs around the house, because the log borders hide friendly lizards that eat the scary bugs.

If a tree stump looks "unsightly" when left tall so it can grow reishi mushrooms, it can be concealed by evergreen foliage like camellias or rhododendron, or by a flowering vine.