Keeping Bees Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/keeping-bees 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 he invites one of his beekeeping mates to co host with him. © 2025 Brent Nixon ac13007e-79e6-590c-908d-f5acae01e0a6 no Introduction en Fri, 10 Oct 2025 22:32:02 +1100 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:26:24 +1100 https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/keeping-bees-podcast https://img.transistor.fm/fbHRCeDcBoDKJUeXstd19ikI-jh_Lr1Vykln51Uk8nc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yYmIw/MjI1ZGM2ZGNhODE5/MDcwMDFiYTZjM2Qy/ZDQ4My5wbmc.jpg Keeping Bees https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/keeping-bees-podcast episodic 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 he invites one of his beekeeping mates to co host with him. Keeping Bees is a podcast in which we answer all your beekeeping questions. Beekeeping, Bees, Honey Brent Nixon brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au No No 10) Steve Sammut (AU) 10 10 10) Steve Sammut (AU) full ffd1ca97-339b-46ee-8329-b8203b063f2a https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/10-steve-sammut-au 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

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]]> 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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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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]]> Fri, 10 Oct 2025 22:31:59 +1100 Brent Nixon Brent Nixon 1330 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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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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]]> Beekeeping, Bees, Honey No 9) Adrian O'Hagan 9 9 9) Adrian O'Hagan full 0db8fa8a-c862-479c-9c48-ee93c45c0046 https://nixonqueenbees.com.au › pages › 9-adrian-ohagan-au 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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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

]]> 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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Email brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au


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

]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2025 22:44:32 +1000 Brent Nixon Brent Nixon 2168 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
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Submit a question here 

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This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon. Ballarat, Australia
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Email brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au


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

]]> Beekeeping, Bees, Honey No 8) Sophia Croker (AU) 8 8 8) Sophia Croker (AU) full cf7dc374-6c5e-4667-ae0b-21925c68618d https://nixonqueenbees.com.au › pages › 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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]]> 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’

]]> Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:05:50 +1000 Brent Nixon Brent Nixon 883 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
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Interested in queen rearing? Check out my other podcast ‘Breeding the Honeybee’

]]> Beekeeping, Bees, Honey No 7) Phil Marshall (AU) Q&A 7 7 7) Phil Marshall (AU) Q&A full b4c5a0fe-dd94-4c56-945d-2c3f33d010e9 https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/7-phil-marshall-au-q-a Phil produces nucs and queens through his business 'Adelaide Bee Sales' in Adelaide, South Australia
Phil's Website
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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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]]> 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 

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Email brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au


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


]]> Fri, 02 May 2025 23:18:48 +1000 Brent Nixon Brent Nixon 1494 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
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Interested in queen rearing? Check out my other podcast ‘Breeding the Honeybee’ 


]]> Beekeeping, Bees, Honey No 6) Paul Roder (AU) Q&A 6 6 6) Paul Roder (AU) Q&A full 033280f6-8e52-4d6b-b22f-29a50df8e5ed https://share.transistor.fm/s/839466e4 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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]]> 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 brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au

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

]]> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 23:20:28 +1100 Brent Nixon Brent Nixon 1631 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 brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au

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

]]> Beekeeping, Bees, Honey No 5) Laura Patmore (AU) 5 5 5) Laura Patmore (AU) full ed74208b-2883-45c7-9a16-1734ea35bc5e https://nixonqueenbees.com.au › pages › 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 

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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.

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 brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au

]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2025 06:33:16 +1100 Brent Nixon Brent Nixon 2442 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 brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au

]]> Beekeeping, Bees, Honey No 4) Aidan Quick (AU) 4 4 4) Aidan Quick (AU) full ccb63d5c-3d3d-4721-9acc-03235b65e44d https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/4-aidan-wing-au-keeping-bees-podcast Aidan is an organic honey producer in the Tweed Valley, northern NSW. Check out Aidan’s business 

Sunny Times Honey
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‘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

 

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

Sunny Times Honey
Aidan's Instagram

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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 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

 

]]> Sat, 07 Dec 2024 19:58:06 +1100 Brent Nixon Brent Nixon 1847 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 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

 

]]> Beekeeping, Bees, Honey No 3) Peter Debicki (AU) 3 3 3) Peter Debicki (AU) full 2d6b36e8-20f5-4582-b0fe-fd30ce042824 https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/3-peter-debicki-au-keeping-bees-podcast 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 

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


Email Brent: brent@nixonqueenbees.com.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: brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au 

]]> Wed, 14 Aug 2024 21:03:14 +1000 Brent Nixon Brent Nixon 2778 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: brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au 

]]> Beekeeping, Bees, Honey No 2) John Berry (NZ) 2 2 2) John Berry (NZ) full b9620467-f148-483b-b606-e170bd743218 https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/2-john-berry-nz-keeping-bees-podcast 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/ 


Email Brent: brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au

]]> 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: brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au

]]> Tue, 09 Jul 2024 19:34:43 +1000 Brent Nixon Brent Nixon 2048 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: brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au

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