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 Join the Facebook community to get notifications on new episodes, participate in live events and...

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/melbournesbea...

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 Join the Facebook community to get notifications on new episodes, participate in live events and leave comments on the episodes This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon. Ballarat, Australia https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/ Email brent@nixo...

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...

Paul is a queen breeder and honey producer in Rockhampton, QLD, Australia. His business is Rockhampton Bees Paul's Website  Paul's Facebook  Join the Facebook community to get notifications on new episodes, participate in live events and leave comments on the episodes  Submit a question here This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon. Ballarat, Australia Visit our website here  Email br...

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 li...

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 brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au Interested in...

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/thep...

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://nixonque...

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: brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au