Dr. Tammy Horn Potter is currently the Kentucky State Apiarist.  Although she grew up on a farm, she was determined never to be involved in science, agriculture, or math as a career.  That all changed when she helped her grandfather with his bees in 1997, and her career shifted to focus on them.  Tammy is the author of several books, Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation (2005), Beeconomy: What Women and Bees Teach us About Local Trade and Global Markets (2012), Flower Power: Establishing Pollinator Habitat (2019), and Work I Knew I Must (2021). In this episode, Tammy describes the fascinating history of honey bees in America, through the late 1800s.  In part 2, we will discuss the importance of bees in the 20th century and beyond.