Nick Milne is a third-generation beekeeper and owner-operator of Blue Sky Queen Bees and Backyard Bees in Nelson, New Zealand. 

2:31 Working in Canada 

4:05 Kids and bees 

6:08 Getting into queen rearing 

8:21 Queen breeding in New Zealand and colour 

12:55 Pyramid structure for queen breeding 

14:50 Bringing in mated queens for genetic diversity 

16:18 Bringing in cells for genetic diversity 

16:38 Rea Butler

17:23 VSH drone lines 

19:34 Selling queen cells 

22:01 What Nick sells 

23:00 Nick’s other business - Backyard Bees 

27:04 Where to find Nick online

https://backyardbees.nz/

https://buyqueenbees.nz/

Guide to shipping queen cells as discussed in the episode 

https://www.projectapism.org/resources You’ll find the download link if you scroll down. 

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Podcast proudly brought to you by 

Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)

https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/