Keeping Bees

Steve is a queen breeder based in Perth, Western Australia. Steve’s queens are raised from breeding stock bred on Rottnest Island as part of a long running breeding program in Western Australia. 

Steve’s Website

https://www.stevesqueens.com.au/

Steve’s Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/steves.queensaus

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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

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This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon. Ballarat, Australia
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Interested in queen rearing? Check out my other podcast ‘Breeding the Honeybee’ 

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5:00 Bee venom immunotherapy 

20:50 moving bees

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

Phil produces nucs and queens through his business 'Adelaide Bee Sales' in Adelaide, South Australia
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Phil does a lot with the Australian Queen Bee Breeders Association Follow the link to become a member or learn about their work.

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This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon. Ballarat, Australia
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Interested in queen rearing? Check out my other podcast ‘Breeding the Honeybee’ 

Paul is a queen breeder and honey producer in Rockhampton, QLD, Australia. His business is Rockhampton Bees

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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.

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Aidan is an organic honey producer in the Tweed Valley, northern NSW. Check out Aidan’s business 

Sunny Times Honey
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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

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

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https://www.instagram.com/thepolishbeekeeper/?hl=en

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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.  

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

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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/ 

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