Breeding the Honeybee (Brent Nixon)
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| 16 Mar 2024 | 23) Willie Robson (UK) | 00:23:01 | |
Willie Robson is the biggest keeper of the old English black bee in the world. His family business is Chain Bridge Honey Farm, which was established in 1948 by Willie’s father. Willie has been working in the business since 1962 and now works alongside his wife and children. Chain Bridge Honey Farm is based in Horncliffe which is in the UK but right on the Scottish border.
2:18 The biggest English black bee breeder in the world 7:50 Total Natural Immunity 9:45 Varroa and Willie’s bees 10:30 Working with black bees 11:30 Black bee reserves 12:15 The future of the black bee in the UK 13:12 Willie’s favourite part about beekeeping 14:15 Chain Bridge Honey Farm showroom 16:30 Advice to new beekeepers 17:30 Brother Adam Check out willie’s business website https://www.chainbridgehoney.com/ Join the podcast Facebook community group - This is a great place to comment on the episode, share some of your own tips or just say hi! https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee
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| 17 Aug 2024 | 28) Ron Clarke and Rob Manning (AU) | 00:23:23 | |
Rob and Ron have been working together in the West Australian bee industry for many years. Together they run a breeding program using instrumental insemination which Ron learnt from Gretchen Wheen and Sue Cobey. In this episode we discuss bee breeding, the Rottnest program, Joe Horner’s drone rearing and the story of the Karri tree, which Rob is writing a book about. 1:30 When Rob and Ron started working together 3:14 Rottnest breeding program 5:14 Gretchen Wheen and Mathilde 'Tilly' Kühnert 7:14 When Ron Learnt Instrumental insemination 7:52 Sue Cobey visits Australia in 2009 9:33 Challenges of Instrumental insemination 12:00 Joe Horner’s drone rearing system 14:02 Drone drift 15:37 Queens you can get from Rob and Ron 19:20 Rob’s book on the Karri forest in Western Australia 22:29 Baiting
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| 16 Apr 2024 | 24) Brandon Michael Simmons (US) | 00:25:26 | |
Brandon is a queen breeder and the 3rd generation beekeeper from North Carolina USA. His business, Foothill Farm and Apiary offers nucs, production queens and breeders. In this episode Brandon tells us what it was like starting a breeding program with artificial insemination. 0:00 Introduction 2:00 A family of beekeepers 4:00 Brandon’s breeding program 4:35 Allogrooming 7:58 Learning AI 9:54 Introducing AI queens 14:16 Drones 16:00 AI - Is it worth it? 17:13 Being treatment free for mites 19:40 1500 chicken egg incubator for queen cells 21:20 Where you can find Brandon online 22:05 Sting Stoppers (A bee suit suit company Brandon is affiliated with)
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| 31 Oct 2022 | 5) Adam Finkelstein (US) | 01:01:09 | |
Adam is a VSH queen breeder. He has been breeding queen bees since the late 80s. Together with his wife, Kelly, who he met in Entomology class at university, they run a business called VP queen bees which is based in Iva, South Carolina, USA and specialises in the production of VSH breeder queens. 1:30 Getting into bees 7:00 Working as a bee inspector 12:00 Getting to know varroa 18:20 Thoughts on treating varroa 22:10 What are VSH bees 30:30 Adam’s bee lines 36:00 History of the Pol line 2.2 39:30 Artificial insemination classes 40:25 Books on queen breeding
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| 05 Nov 2022 | 6) Aidan Wing (US) | 00:26:18 | |
Aidan owns and runs Wings of Nature, a company based in San Mateo County, California, USA, that produces honey, nucs, queens and provides education and pollination services. Aidan’s line of queens has been sourced partly from his surrounding area, preserving locally adapted traits. 0:45 How Aidan got into queen breeding 3:55 Establishing lines of bees suited to your own area 7:11 The traits Aidan is looking for when bringing in breeding stock 9:23 Maintaining lines 11:26 Using all colonies as potential breeders 14:29 Queen raising with kids 16:55 Mating nucs 19:10 Aidan’s recommendations for resources 21:56 Aidan’s grant to establish a breeding program 24:35 Where to find Aidan online
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| 31 Dec 2023 | 20) Laurence Edwards (UK) | 00:18:26 | |
Laurence Edwards is a beekeeper based in Northern Wales. He runs a business called ‘Black Mountain Honey’ which produces honey, nucs and queens as well as other services. https://www.blackmountainhoney.co.uk/ https://www.youtube.com/@BlackMountainHoney
4:00 Buckfast and AMM 6:51 Duncan Simmons queens 8:47 UK mated queens 10:21 Variation in Buckfast lines 11:30 Cell building methods 14:00 How to find Laurence online 15:25 What is Laurence selling Join the podcast facebook community group www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee Podcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia) https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/ Email Brent Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBees | |||
| 16 Nov 2024 | 31) Rerun of the Pollen Nation Podcast (US) | 00:16:06 | |
This is a rerun from 'The Pollen Nation Podcast' with Matt Walker. In this episode Matt covers the issue with raising queens too early in the season. | |||
| 16 Jul 2022 | Introduction | 00:00:49 | |
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| 10 Aug 2023 | 13) Paul Rafosala (PH) | 00:20:17 | |
Did you know that in the Philippines some people run full AI apiaries? Hear all about that and other great stuff in this episode with Paul Rafosala. Paul is part of a family business called Rafosala Bee Farm, based in Tagum, Philippines. Paul’s business produces queens, supplies pollination services and training and provides colonies for sale. Paul has done season’s in the USA and in Australia working in commercial beekeeping. 1:20 Paul’s history in beekeeping 5:50 Bee eating bird 8:05 AI only Apiaries in the Philippines 12:00 Raising queens in the Philippines 14:00 Types of bees in the Philippines 16:00 Grafting in the ute 17:40 Paul’s business Join the podcast facebook community group www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee Podcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia) https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/ Email Brent Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBees | |||
| 18 Aug 2022 | 1) Buckfast Abbey (UK) | 00:18:11 | |
In this episode I talk briefly about the life of Brother Adam and I also speak to the head of bees at Buckfast Abbey, Clare Densley, about what Buckfast Abbey is up to with the bees these days. Join the podcast facebook community group www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee Podcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia) https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/ Email Brent Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/ YouTube: | |||
| 19 Mar 2023 | 7) John Jacobs (US) | 00:23:02 | |
John is a queen breeder from Rogue River, Oregon, USA. He has a business called Old Sol Apiaries. Starting in 1997 with a degree in Biology, John’s goal has been to produce productive, hearty, pest and disease tolerant bees that are also a pleasure to work with. John prides himself on selling well vetted bees and even has a motto “A queen that has been through a thorough vetting, is a queen on which you should be betting!” 0:55 Varroa in Australia 3:02 Dealing with varroa with mite treatments 4:12 VSH lines past and present 5:50 Bee informed partnership 7:10 John survivor stock 8:40 Washington State University importing Caucasian bees from Georgia 11:30 What John selects for 13:11 Oxalic acid 13:33 John mating nucs 16:50 John’s work with solar energy companies 18:20 Mead https://oldsolbees.com/ Join the podcast facebook community group www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee Podcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia) https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/ Email Brent Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBees | |||
| 16 Oct 2024 | 30) Kirk Webster (US) | 00:38:36 | |
Kirk has been keeping bees for over 50 years and has not treated for varroa since 2002. His methods are inspired by his experiences with organic farming. Kirk’s approach to varroa is very hands off. He maintains the colonies by producing nucs that he overwinters. Apart from some issues resulting from modern agriculture, Kirk feels as though his beekeeping experience at present is almost the same as before he first came across varroa. You can read more about Kirk's work here https://kirkwebster.com/ Comment or leave feedback on the episode post in the Facebook group for this podcast https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee
4:58 Kirk’s start raising queens 8:04 Kirk’s mating nucs 10:50 Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey 11:34 Feeding mating nucs 16:18 Early experiencing with selective breeding 19:11 Selection for varroa 23:57 Starting the treatment free route 26:45 Nucs that survived winter 28:28 Survivor stock 29:29 Last treatment in 2002 31:47 Mite counts 35:02 Open apiary | |||
| 23 Aug 2023 | 14) Paul Densem (NZ) | 00:29:41 | |
Paul Densem is a queen breeder based south-east of Christchurch in the Port Hills of Banks Peninsula New Zealand. Paul has created his own line of bees descending swarms that he caught when he first started beekeeping. Paul’s line of Italian bees have been selectively bred to produce high yields of honey and display calm temperaments. Paul’s business is Valley Apiaries. He offers queen bees for commercial and hobbyist beekeepers. 1:14 Paul’s Swarms 1:43 What Paul looks for in his queens 6:30 How long Paul worked on his bees until he was happy with them 7:20 How Paul got into breeding 9:20 What mating nucs Paul uses 10:40 Paul’s small amount of introduced stock 12:30 Diversifying genetics 12:45 Drones 13:10 The rearing system Paul uses 17:50 Paul’s climate 21:00 Where you can find Paul 21:44 Paul’s honey 23:20 Varroa https://www.facebook.com/ValleyApiariesNZ/
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| 16 Jul 2024 | 27) Cory Stevens (US) | 00:22:32 | |
Cory Stevens is a VSH queen breeder from Missouri, USA. He has a business called Steven’s Bee Company which offers AI VSH breeder queens, VSH virgin queens and raw honey free of miticides and antibiotics. Cory's Website and Facebook Comment or leave feedback on the episode post in the Facebook group for this podcast https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee Record a soundbite about your queen rearing here https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/podcast This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees in Ballarat Australia. Email Brent at brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au
1:50 Guest question - Matt Crane - Is there a correlation between colour and VSH? 3:20 Guest question - Steve Sammut - Is there a correlation between UBeeO and VSH? 5:00 Guest question - Paul Roder - Is there a correlation between bald brood and VHS? 7:00 Cory’s commercial program in which he sends out breeders and gets back high performing F1s 8:50 How the F1s in the program are assessed 10:07 UbeeO and overwintering 12:53 Harbo Assay 13:42 Are F1s in the program treated? 17:16 What traits are desirable in returning F1s? 19:10 Colour and VSH - Harbo | |||
| 04 Sep 2022 | 3) Laurie Cowen (AU) | 00:25:37 | |
Laurie is well known in Tasmania, Australia for mentoring new beekeepers and producing nucleus colonies and queen cells. Listeners from Tasmania would know Laurie from his work in the Tasmanian Junior beekeeping club and with sisters hives Australia. Join the podcast facebook community group www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee Podcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia) https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/ Email Brent Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/ YouTube: | |||
| 17 May 2024 | 25) Shibu Raj (US) | 00:26:01 | |
Shibu is a Queen breeder in Columbia Tennessee. He sells queens, nucs and AI equipment, which he also offers training for. At the time of releasing this episode Shibu had just had a tornado go through his property and cause a lot of destruction. Below is the link to the gofundme which you can follow if you would like to support Shibu in rebuilding his business. Help Shibu get back on track https://www.facebook.com/2RiversHoneyBees https://www.tworivershoneybees.com/
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| 02 Sep 2023 | 15) Varroa and VSH Australia | 00:16:42 | |
Varroa has been detected in the almond pollination in Australia. In this episode I interview Matt Petersen, Richard Sims and Corinne Jordan about Varroa and VSH. The interviews that are in this episode were recorded on the 1st and 2nd of September 2023. It's likely that the situation will change quickly after the release of this episode. UPDATE - Since this episode aired the Australian government has changed our approach to varroa from eradication to management. Thanks to: Matt Petersen https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083143661962 Richard Sims https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100067550281602 Corinne Jordan Paul Roder | |||
| 31 Jul 2023 | 12) Bees with Ben | 00:55:51 | |
This is kind of a bonus episode in which Brent Nixon was interviewed by Ben Moore, a very well known Australian beekeeper, who also has a podcast. Ben's Podcast Ben's Website Facebook | |||
| 09 Dec 2023 | 18) Terry Meakin (IE) | 00:34:41 | |
Terry has been keeping bees in Ireland since he was 7 years old and has over 30 years experience. Early in his career he spent time working with Peter Donovan at Buckfast Abbey, learning the methods of Brother Adam. Terry has a business called Wicklow Bees and Honey which provides queens, nucs and honey. County below Dublin. 4:00 Feeders and Brother Adam 6:30 Started queen rearing at 14 8:00 Irish honey bee 9:40 AMM nucs 10:00 Peter Donovan 11:30 Meeting Brother Adam 15:20 Peter Donovan’s photo book 17:10 Buckfast bee 20:10 Mating nucs 26:30 Dadant Hive 30:00 Patsy Bennett and the Teagasc Research Centre in Wexford 33:20 Where to find Terry
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| 27 Sep 2023 | 16) Tucka Saville (US) | 00:17:01 | |
Tucka Saville lives in Florida, USA. She raises queens, provides classes for queen catching and grafting and is a common public speaker at bee events and clubs. Her business can be found on Instagram @tucka bee. 1:20 What a Comfort hive is Tucka's Istagram Join the podcast facebook community group www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee Podcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia) https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/ Email Brent Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBees | |||
| 12 Apr 2023 | 9) John Donovan (UK) | 00:56:42 | |
Peter Donovan started working at Buckfast Abbey in 1939 when he was only 12 years old. Peter worked with Brother Adam during his teenage years and then returned to Buckfast in 1972 and remained there until 2004. He is said to be the person who knew Brother Adam the best. Peter kept bees with a passion until he passed away in 2013. Today I am speaking with his son, John Donovan, who, as a child, spent time at Buckfast with his father and Brother Adam. John lives in Buckfast to this day. 2:57 - Peter’s early life 10:25 - Peter’s Military service 14:10 - Keeping bees while on service 16:50 - Returning to Buckfast 17:26 - Brother Adam and Peter, a funny military story 22:08 - John’s memories of Brother Adam’s mating station 27:50 - Brother Adam’s trips looking for bees 28:40 - John remembers the Buckfast bee 32:00 - The honey yields and extraction room 35:50 - Ordering honey from Buckfast 39:50 - Peter loved teaching people about bees 42:30 - Peter’s book about beekeeping 46:10 - John’s collection of Buckfast photos 47:20 - How Brother Adam maintained his hive boxes
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| 17 Dec 2024 | 32) AQBBA Breeding Program 2024-29 | 00:25:29 | |
In this live podcast with Peter Czeti, we discuss the Australian Queen Bee Breeders Association AQBBA breeding plan from 2024-2029. This live session included a QandA. If you would like to hear that part you can watch is on the 'Breeding the Honeybee' Facebook group. If you would like to be part of the program please contact Peter on the AQBBA website. This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees in Ballarat Australia. Email Brent at brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au | |||
| 16 Sep 2024 | 29) Nick Milne (NZ) | 00:28:32 | |
Nick Milne is a third-generation beekeeper and owner-operator of Blue Sky Queen Bees and Backyard Bees in Nelson, New Zealand.
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 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. Join the podcast Facebook community group - This is a great place to comment on the episode, share some of your own tips or just say hi! https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee Podcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia) | |||
| 24 Aug 2022 | 2) John Berry (NZ) | 00:43:43 | |
John is part of the Berry family, which is a very big name in the New Zealand beekeeping industry. The Berry family own Arataki Honey, a large honey packing company located in Hawke Bay on the eastern side of the north island. At certain times in the history of this company the Berry family have had 4 generations working alongside each other. These days John runs his own business called Berry Bees and produces comb honey for the local market. John has also been involved with the Varroa sensitive hygiene program in New Zealand and has had experience testing and breeding from VSH queens. Join the podcast Facebook community group - This is a great place to comment on the episode, share some of your own tips or just say hi! https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee
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| 28 Mar 2023 | 8) Duncan Simmons (UK) | 00:47:16 | |
Duncan owns and runs Simmons Apiaries, a business based in Trematon in south west England. Duncan has been keeping bees for over 50 years and for 35 years as a professional. He produces queens, honey, offers training and sells equipment for dealing with varroa. 0:56 - Duncan tells a funny beekeeping story 2:43 - The Buckfast bee 5:51 - Home apiary at Buckfast Abbey 6:36 - The British native bee 9:51 - Brother Adam’s mating station 11:14 - Varroa 13:11 - InstantVap 16:54 - The hive boxes Duncan runs 18:54 - Nicot system 23:10 - Duncan’s work in St. Lucia 27:43 - Priming cells cups 29:17 - The mating nucs Duncan runs 31:04 - The benefits of feeding mating nucs 33:07 - The push in queen introduction cage 39:13 - How long should queen be in mating nucs 42:12 - Staying at Duncan’s farm to learn queen rearing
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| 16 Jun 2024 | 26) Mary Lacksen (US) | 00:20:46 | |
Mary is in Sparta Georgia and has a business called BeeCo Apiaries. Together with her daughter, Mary sells honey, nucs and small scale locally mated queens. 2:17 Getting into queen rearing 5:25 Lines of queens Mary uses 7:30 Survivor stock 8:15 Cell raising method 11:30 Mating nucs 13:30 Advice to people who are thinking of getting into queen rearing as a sideline 15:50 What Mary is offering in her business this season 17:57 Where to find Mary
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| 21 Oct 2023 | 17) Dan Long (US) | 00:25:08 | |
Dan Long has a business making 3D printed queen cages and other beekeeping applications. Dan’s business is called EZPZ. His main product is a cage suitable for the JZBZ cell cup. 4:00 Dan’s business 4:30 JZBZ system 5:10 First 3D printer 5:35 First attempt at making cages 6:07 Queen introduction 6:45 Candy plug 7:20 Queen cage trays 8:03 Banking 8:30 Different styles of cages 9:45 Writing on the cages 10:45 Wax mounts 12:30 Merrill tool box 14:25 Day tripper 19:50 JZBZ set 20:10 Queen catcher 22:30 Cell bars 23:10 Dan’s website 24:15 North American Honey Bee Expo vendor EZPZ Website Join the podcast facebook community group www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee Podcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia) https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/ Email Brent Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBees | |||
| 18 Jan 2024 | 21) Ian Steppler (CA) | 00:27:47 | |
Ian Steppler is a Canadian beekeeper who breeds his own line of bees. Ian has unique cell raising and mating nuc styles that are well suited to short season commercial beekeeping. In this episode Ian goes into his cell raising process and mating nucs as well as explaining why he raises his own queens. Ian has a YouTube channel called A Canadian Beekeeper’s Blog. In this episode we discuss a lot of the things that you can see in this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouifrZvFn1U
2:18 Bringing in breeding stock 5:30 When Ian started raising his own stock 8:30 Cell builders 21:00 Mating nucs You can follow Ian’s work on his YouTube Channel or on his website - https://www.stepplerfarms.com/ Join the podcast Facebook community group - This is a great place to comment on the episode, share some of your own tips or just say hi! https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee
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| 23 Sep 2022 | 4) Rae Butler (NZ) | 00:47:39 | |
Rae is a VSH (Varroa Sensitive Hygiene) specialist queen breeder from New Zealand. She operates the Bee Smart Breeding program which produces VSH bees. Rae has spent time with VSH breeding programmes in Baton Rouge, Arista Bee Research in the Netherlands and the Bee Informed Partnership based in Maryland University. Join the podcast facebook community group www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee Podcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia) https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/ Email Brent Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/ YouTube: | |||
| 03 Jun 2023 | 10) Corinne Jordan (AU) | 00:26:00 | |
Corinne Jordan operates the bee lady apiaries in Brisbane Australia. She specialises in Italian bees. Recently Corrine has started beegenetics.com.au, a program that will focus on breeding bees for varroa resistance in Australia. 4:35 - Leading up to Varroa 5:16 - Liquid nitrogen testing 6:30 - Bringing in genetics to Australia 7:52 - Deformed wing virus 8:27 - Rea Butler 9:46 - Varroa gets discovered in Australia 11:30 - Breeding over treating 12:55 - Corinne’s breeding program (Using UBeeO) 14:07 - The challenges of establishing a breeding program in Australia 17:20 - How to get involved 18:00 - Funding required 19:05 - Corinne’s history of breeding queen bees 20:19 - Cordovan bees
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| 11 Dec 2023 | 19) Leigh Slater (AU) | 00:20:28 | |
Leigh Slater is a queen breeder and honey producer in Tasmania, Australia. For 63 years Leigh has been preserving a pure strain of the old English black bee (Apis mellifera mellifera). Back in the 70s Leigh aided beekeepers in England by helping them reestablish the line by sending queens from his protection zone. The black bee was first brought to Australia over 200 years ago by the English and was the first stain of european honeybee in Australia. Since then the strain has almost entirely been replaced by other strains such as the Italian strain. To my knowledge Leigh's apiary is the only one remaining with a pure AMM strain. The current official status as well as the future of this preservation is currently unclear. Special thanks to Matthew Crane, Anita Long, Mick Palmer and Laurie Cowen for helping me put together this episode. 1:00 When Leigh started beekeeping 4:13 Preserving the black bee 7:05 taking the strain back to England 9:30 Attributes of the black bee 12:00 The Tasmanian program 15:30 Leatherwood honey 17:00 Ideal honey boxes Join the podcast facebook community group www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee Podcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia) https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/ Email Brent Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBees | |||
| 16 Feb 2024 | 22) Brad Hogg (CA) | 00:29:55 | |
Brad is a Canadian honey producer. He raises many of his own queens and makes the majority of his hardware. You can find Brad online at Faith Apiaries. Make sure to check out his YouTube channel where he does instructional videos and weekly vlogs. 6:00 Brad’s apiary setup 6:50 2 queen systems 11:04 3 nucs over 2 10 frames 13:14 Zombie colonies 16:44 OTS queen rearing 22:12 Wintering mating nucs 23:57 double screens with mating nucs Brad’s YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/FaithApiaries-ThatBeeMan Brad’s Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FaithApiaries
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| 21 Jul 2023 | 11) Mauritz Verster (ZA) | 00:23:21 | |
Mauritz is a beekeeper from South Africa who works with Apis mellifera scutellata, aka, the killer bee, aka, the Africanized honey bee, aka, the East African lowland honey bee. These bees are native to the lower parts of Africa and are well known for their honey gathering ability and extreme aggression. Scutellata was accidentally introduced into Brazil in the 1950s and has since spread across both the north and south American continents. 3:40 - Apis mellifera scutellata 4:40 - Apis mellifera capensis, the cape bee 9:45 - How to work with scutellata 12:50 - Scutellata and Varroa 14:50 - Mauritz’s queen raising 17:35 - Mauritz’s business You can find Mauritz at the Facebook group, Honey Badger Bees https://www.facebook.com/groups/669877944204931
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