Kim Flottum –
Peter ‘Kim’ Flottum, 76, gave up the ghost Sunday December 10, 2023, at house in Medina, Ohio after a brief combat with most cancers. He was once the son of the overdue Arnold and Edna Flottum of Turtle Lake, Wisconsin.
He served as editor of Bee Tradition mag for 33 years, retiring in 2019. His spouse, Kathy labored together with him for almost all of the ones years at Bee Tradition. He authored a lot of beekeeping books and hosted podcasts, with Jim Tew and Jeff Ott. Kim visited and gave bee talks in the entire 48 contiguous states. He spent nearly part of his existence educating and loving beekeepers and beekeeping.
Kim won his bachelor’s level in horticulture from the College of Wisconsin after which labored as a researcher on the USDA Honey Bee Analysis Lab in Madison, the place he specialised in crop pollination, pesticide issues of honey bees, and “honey vegetation” for the house panorama.
His occupation took him to Connecticut. He was once elected president of Connecticut Beekeepers’ Affiliation. Whilst carrier as publications supervisor and editor of Bee Tradition, he created a brand new mag, BEEKeeping, Your First 3 Years. Kim was once the Chairman of the Japanese Apicultural Society. president of the Ohio State Beekeepers’ Affiliation and president of the Medina County Beekeepers Affiliation. He persisted to stay bees in his yard in Medina up till his demise.
His pastime for bees, his knowledge about all issues bees, his generosity, and his kindness, won’t ever be forgotten. We’re lucky that we will nonetheless listen his voice and notice his talks because of the era that we’ve got nowadays. He’s available in the market in all places.
Kim is survived by way of his spouse and spouse in each and every appreciate, Kathy Summers of Medina; daughter Jessica Flottum (Matt Barcus) of Akron, OH; stepsons Grant Summers, Medina and Matt (Christina) Summers, Medina; siblings Julie Hugg, Ashland, WI; Bob Flottum (Carrie), Chippewa Falls, WI; Sue Flottum-Zurcher (Dave), Wales, WI and Tom Flottum (Linda) of Turtle Lake, WI.
A party to honor Kim’s existence will probably be held within the Spring in Medina. Please watch those pages for the date. We wish to honor him for the particular man that he was once and is. We are hoping a lot of you’ll be able to be right here for the party.