Keeping Bees

By Brent Nixon

Keeping Bees is a podcast in which we answer all your beekeeping questions. All questions are submitted by listeners of the show via a voice mail feature. Brent Nixon is the show host and each month h... more

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How many episodes does Keeping Bees have?

The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.

Keeping Bees episodes:

July 24, 2025 9) Adrian O'Hagan
Adrian is a beekeeper based in Melbourne Australia. He runs a hive hosting service and sells honey with the street names of the location where the hive was hosted. Adrian and I have both gone through bee venom immunotherapy to overcome previous allergies to bee venom, which we cover in this episode
Check out Adrian's business
https://www.thebeardedbee.com.au/
https://www.facebook.com/melbournesbeardedbee
Join the Facebook community to get notifications on new episodes, participate in live events and leave comments on the episodes
https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepingbeespodcast

Submit a question here
https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/keeping-bees-podcast

https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/contact

This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon. Ballarat, Australia
https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/

Email [email protected]

Interested in queen rearing? Check out my other podcast ‘Breeding the Honeybee’
https://open.spotify.com/show/5c7bevh7Vzn22TK4HYfELs?si=adbc5295a2a64ba8
5:00 Bee venom immunotherapy
20:50 moving bees
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37min
June 13, 2025 8) Sophia Croker (AU)
Story. Sophia is a commercial beekeeper based in NSW Australia. Her business is called The Bee Drover You can also find her on Facebook and Instagram
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This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon. Ballarat, Australia
https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/

Email [email protected]

Interested in queen rearing? Check out my other podcast ‘Breeding the Honeybee’
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May 02, 2025 7) Phil Marshall (AU) Q&A
Phil produces nucs and queens through his business 'Adelaide Bee Sales' in Adelaide, South Australia
Phil's Website
Phil's Facebook
Phil does a lot with the Australian Queen Bee Breeders Association Follow the link to become a member or learn about their work.
On the 18th of May 2025 there will be a live call with John Berry from New Zealand to discuss varroa treatments. You can join this event by clicking this link.
If you are interested in joining the community for this podcast you can by following this link
Submit a question here
https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/keeping-bees-podcast

https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/contact

This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon. Ballarat, Australia
https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/

Email [email protected]

Interested in queen rearing? Check out my other podcast ‘Breeding the Honeybee’

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25min
April 01, 2025 6) Paul Roder (AU) Q&A
Paul is a queen breeder and honey producer in Rockhampton, QLD, Australia. His business is Rockhampton Bees
Paul's Website
Paul's Facebook
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Submit a question here
This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon. Ballarat, Australia
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Email [email protected]
Interested in queen rearing? Check out my other podcast ‘Breeding the Honeybee’
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28min
March 12, 2025 5) Laura Patmore (AU)
Laura is a queen breeder based in Kiama NSW Australia. Laura’s business is called ‘That Local Honey’ and produces a range of bee products as well as mated and II queens.
Laura's Website
Laura's Instagram
If you are liking this podcast you should consider joining the Facebook group to get notifications on upcoming episodes and tune into live sessions.
Do you have a beekeeping question you would like us to cover on an upcoming episode?
Submit a recording
Send in a written question
Interested in queen rearing? Check out my other podcast ‘Breeding the Honeybee’
This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon. Ballarat, Australia
Email [email protected]
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41min
December 07, 2024 4) Aidan Quick (AU)
Aidan is an organic honey producer in the Tweed Valley, northern NSW. Check out Aidan’s business
Sunny Times Honey
Aidan's Instagram
Do you have a beekeeping question that we can answer on an upcoming episode?
Submit an audio question here
Submit a written question here
This podcast is proudly brought to you from Ballarat Australia by Brent Nixon.

Email [email protected]

Interested in queen rearing? Check out my other podcast
‘Breeding the Honeybee’
Parts of this episode
0:00 New extraction line
3:47 Varroa getting closer
6:28 Organic beekeeping
11:09 Foundation making
14:20 Small hive beetle
25:52 Storing honey
26:20 Creamed honey
27:20 Where to find Aidan online

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31min
August 14, 2024 3) Peter Debicki (AU)
Peter is a commercial beekeeper in Ballarat Australia. He does honey, pollination and nucs. In this episode we cover Pete’s new extraction line, advise on extraction lines, Flow Hives, drones and introducing queens.

2:00 Extraction lines
7:29 Flow Hives
24:35 Drones
32:40 Queen introduction

Pete’s Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/thepolishbeekeeper

Pete’s Insta
https://www.instagram.com/thepolishbeekeeper/?hl=en

Submit a question here
https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/keeping-bees-podcast

This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/

Email Brent: [email protected]
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47min
July 09, 2024 2) John Berry (NZ)
John is a 3rd generation beekeeper and has been keeping bees for almost 60 years. He is part of the Berry family, who run Arataki Honey, a large honey packing company located in Hawke Bay on the eastern side of the north island of New Zealand.
Submit a question here
https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/keeping-bees-podcast

This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/

Email Brent: [email protected]
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35min
July 09, 2024 Introduction
Submit a question here
https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/keeping-bees-podcast

This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/

Email Brent: [email protected]
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FAQs about Keeping Bees:

How many episodes does Keeping Bees have?

The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.