Honey, I'm Home

Our guest today can best be described as? a) Humble Hippie b) CEO c) Inventor d) Indiegogo Record Breaker or e) Beekeeper. What about all of the above! Join with us today as we chat to Cedar Anderson co-inventor of the Flow Hive, a revolutionary honey extraction system that many have described as the most significant advance in beekeeping in the last 150 years. We talk with him about all things beehives, beginnings and beekeeping, we even try and ask some questions outside the box. 

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Have you ever thought of pairing a happy and healthy veggie patch with busy working bees? Well Bianca (Bee) Walker of Polyforage and Janene Price founder of Love to Grow certainly have and they are now on a mission to help support others make their own piece of dirt sustainable and productive. Join with us as we discuss all the things interconnected for this closed loop permaculture system to thrive, from the grounds of Harvest at Newrybar this is one not to miss.

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Arthur Garske has lived his life in and around bees. He has richly contributed his stories and knowledge about his flying friends to Amateur Beekeeping Association (ABA) Branches, spoken at Commercial Apiarist events, field days and has written beekeeping articles for the Australasian Beekeeper and Amateur Beekeeper magazines. If there is something that needs to be learnt about bees, Arthur knows it. Join with us as he schools Ben and Jye about bees as well as his second passion honey. It is a sweet listen.

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Our first bonus episode: the full-length episode of the hive's favourite radio station. 

Huge thanks to Rob Peters for all his voice and sound work on these.

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In this episode join our hosts who have a chat with two of Australia’s frontline surveillance and defensive experts for all things bee. Mark Page and Rod Burke are biosecurity officers who have the task of keeping our bees safe and protected from overseas pests and diseases as well as unwanted intrusions of killer bees. We dive deep into what beekeepers need to do to keep their hives safe and what are the signs and symptoms to look out for when performing bee inspections.  

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• Produced by Jye Smith who you can connect with on Instagram or Twitter
• Benjamin Durie is the founder of The Humble Hive Collective
• Sound design and advertisements by Rob Peters  
• Artwork by Jean Heaton
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Liz Frost is one of Australia’s most renowned bee experts, credited with many research, development and education programs whilst in the position of Technical Specialist, Honey Bees for the NSW DPI. She is currently coordinating a Queen Bee Breeding Program and steps us through the vital role the queen plays within the hive. Liz tells us what to look for when selecting the perfect queen and how to best look after your empress within your hive.

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• Produced by Jye Smith who you can connect with on Instagram or Twitter
• Benjamin Durie is the founder of The Humble Hive Collective
• Sound design and advertisements by Rob Peters  
• Artwork by Jean Heaton
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Did you know we have our very own bees here in Australia?

Dr. Tim Heard is an entomologist and ex-CSIRO research scientist. He has been keeping Australian native stingless bees since 1985 when he transferred his first hive from a cut-down tree into a wooden box. Tim now runs Sugarbag Bees and in this episode joins us to unpack the practicalities of being a native bee beekeeper. Where to start, where to place them and what to look out for.

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• Produced by Jye Smith who you can connect with on Instagram or Twitter
• Benjamin Durie is the founder of The Humble Hive Collective
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• Artwork by Jean Heaton
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Did you know Australia has over 1700 species of native bees? Well Dr. Rosalyn Gloag certainly does. Ros is a lecturer and researcher from the University of Sydney and a key part of the innovative BEE lab. Join with us as we uncover some of the characteristics of our native stingless bees varieties and discuss how they are related to the common European honey bee. We learn about how these ‘stingless’ bees regularly rally and fight to the death and why they are so important to our environment as a whole.

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• Produced by Jye Smith who you can connect with on Instagram or Twitter
• Benjamin Durie is the founder of The Humble Hive Collective
• Sound design and advertisements by Rob Peters  
• Artwork by Jean Heaton
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A live bee inspection with the local school kids as we get to the bee basics.

Learn about who is the honey and who is coming home - our hosts of the podcast; meet Ben the beekeeper from The Humble Hive Collective and Jye Smith podcast producer and beekeeper to bee.

In this episode we explore how our paths crossed and begin answering the question, how do you begin a beekeeping journey? Oh and Jye completes his first inspection of a happy and healthy backyard beehive.

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• Produced by Jye Smith who you can connect with on Instagram or Twitter
• Benjamin Durie is the founder of The Humble Hive Collective
• Sound design and advertisements by Rob Peters  
• Artwork by Jean Heaton
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Honey, I’m Home is Australia’s first podcast for anyone who wants to get into beekeeping. 

Dedicated to understanding beekeeping, educating yourself on these important insects, and starting your first apiary. 

Benjamine Durie is a school principal in northern New South Whiles, and Jye Smith is an ad-man and podcast producer from the city of Sydney. 

Passionate about educating broader communities on the environmental impact of bees and beekeeping in Australia, Benjamin and Jye met during an innovation program for schools and discovered a joint passion for exploring new fields. 

• Produced by Jye Smith of youregoodgetbetter.com
• Benjamin Durie is the founder of The Humble Hive Collective
• Comedy advertisements by Rob Peters  
• Artwork by Jean Heaton

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