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39) Raf Augustyn (NZ)
Jun 7, 2026
17m 12s
38) Amy Dunn (NZ)
Nov 9, 2025
27m 26s
37) Chris Bartel (CA)
Aug 1, 2025
22m 35s
36) Monika Leleń (PL)
Jun 17, 2025
28m 57s
35) Chris Werner (US)
May 17, 2025
39m 38s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/7/26 | ![]() 39) Raf Augustyn (NZ)✨ | queen breedingmating nucs+4 | Raf Augustyn | Mana QueenFacebook | New ZealandEurope+1 | queen breedermating nucs+5 | Nixon Queen Bees | 17m 12s | |
| 11/9/25 | ![]() 38) Amy Dunn (NZ)✨ | queen breedingbeekeeping+3 | Amy Dunn | Kereru Queen bees | KereruHawkes Bay | queen beesbeekeeping+3 | Nixon Queen Bees | 27m 26s | |
| 8/1/25 | ![]() 37) Chris Bartel (CA)✨ | beekeepinghoneybee breeding+4 | Chris Bartel | Bartel Bee Co. | CanadaBallarat Australia | beekeepingCanada+5 | Nixon Queen Bees | 22m 35s | |
| 6/17/25 | ![]() 36) Monika Leleń (PL)✨ | queen breedingbeekeeping+3 | Monika Leleń | akademiapszczelarzapasieka-szeligow.pl | — | queen breederhoneybee+5 | Nixon Queen Bees | 28m 57s | |
| 5/17/25 | ![]() 35) Chris Werner (US)✨ | queen breedinghoney production+4 | Chris Werner | Breeding the Honeybee | FloridaWisconsin+1 | queen breederhoney producer+5 | Nixon Queen Bees | 39m 38s | |
| 4/16/25 | ![]() 34) Krispn Given (US)✨ | apiculturebee breeding+3 | Krispn Given | Purdue UniversityApis Engineering | West Lafayette Indiana USABallarat VIC, Australia | apiculturebee breeding+3 | Nixon Queen Bees | 24m 05s | |
| 3/16/25 | ![]() 33) Marc Hillen (NO)✨ | queen breedinginstrumental insemination+3 | Marc Hillen | — | NorwayBallarat VIC, Australia | queen breederinstrumental insemination+3 | Nixon Queen Bees | 31m 56s | |
| 12/17/24 | ![]() 32) AQBBA Breeding Program 2024-29✨ | beekeepingbreeding program+3 | Peter Czeti | Australian Queen Bee Breeders Association | Ballarat Australia | AQBBAbreeding program+5 | Nixon Queen Bees | 25m 29s | |
| 11/16/24 | ![]() 31) Rerun of the Pollen Nation Podcast (US)✨ | raising queensbeekeeping+3 | Matt Walker | The Pollen Nation Podcast | — | honeybeequeens+3 | — | 16m 06s | |
| 10/16/24 | ![]() 30) Kirk Webster (US)✨ | beekeepingvarroa management+3 | Kirk Webster | Buckfast AbbeyFacebook+1 | Ballarat Australia | beekeepingvarroa+5 | Nixon Queen Bees | 38m 36s | |
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| 9/16/24 | ![]() 29) Nick Milne (NZ)✨ | beekeepingqueen breeding+3 | Nick Milne | Blue Sky Queen BeesBackyard Bees+1 | New ZealandCanada+1 | beekeepingqueen bees+3 | Nixon Queen Bees | 28m 32s | |
| 8/17/24 | ![]() 28) Ron Clarke and Rob Manning (AU) | 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 together3:14 Rottnest breeding program5:14 Gretchen Wheen and Mathilde 'Tilly' Kühnert7:14 When Ron Learnt Instrumental insemination 7:52 Sue Cobey visits Australia in 20099:33 Challenges of Instrumental insemination12:00 Joe Horner’s drone rearing system14:02 Drone drift15:37 Queens you can get from Rob and Ron19:20 Rob’s book on the Karri forest in Western Australia 22:29 Baiting Comment or leave feedback on the episode post in the Facebook group for this podcast https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybeeRecord 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.auEpisode Musichttps://audionautix.com/ | 23m 23s | ||||||
| 7/16/24 | ![]() 27) Cory Stevens (US) | 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 https://www.stevensbeeco.com/https://www.facebook.com/stevensbeecoComment or leave feedback on the episode post in the Facebook group for this podcast https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybeeRecord 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.au00:00 Introduction1:50 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 F1s8:50 How the F1s in the program are assessed 10:07 UbeeO and overwintering 12:53 Harbo Assay13:42 Are F1s in the program treated?17:16 What traits are desirable in returning F1s?19:10 Colour and VSH - HarboEpisode Musichttps://audionautix.com/ | 22m 32s | ||||||
| 6/16/24 | ![]() 26) Mary Lacksen (US) | 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 season17:57 Where to find MaryMary’s Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/beecoapiariesMary’s Website https://www.beecoapiaries.com/Mary’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/beecoapiaries/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/breedingthehoneybeePodcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/Email Brent brent@nixonqueenbees.com.auInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBeesEpisode Music https://audionautix.com/ | 20m 46s | ||||||
| 5/17/24 | ![]() 25) Shibu Raj (US) | 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 trackhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/support-shibu-rajs-tornado-recovery?attribution_id=sl:c3f0948f-fdba-4966-8209-8dcf623c6040&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook https://www.facebook.com/2RiversHoneyBeeshttps://www.tworivershoneybees.com/Contact Brent brent@nixonqueenbees.com.auEpisode Music | 26m 01s | ||||||
| 4/16/24 | ![]() 24) Brandon Michael Simmons (US) | 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 Introduction2:00 A family of beekeepers 4:00 Brandon’s breeding program4:35 Allogrooming7:58 Learning AI9:54 Introducing AI queens14:16 Drones16:00 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 online22:05 Sting Stoppers (A bee suit suit company Brandon is affiliated with)Email Brandon Foothillsfarmnc@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/foothillsfarmandapiary/ Sting Stoppers Bee Suits https://stingstopper.buzz/?sca_ref=5347826.Bpf4wrrNuNJoin 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/breedingthehoneybeePodcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/Email Brent brent@nixonqueenbees.com.auInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBeeshttps://audionautix.com/Episode Music | 25m 26s | ||||||
| 3/16/24 | ![]() 23) Willie Robson (UK) | 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. 00:00 Introduction2:18 The biggest English black bee breeder in the world 7:50 Total Natural Immunity 9:45 Varroa and Willie’s bees10:30 Working with black bees 11:30 Black bee reserves 12:15 The future of the black bee in the UK13:12 Willie’s favourite part about beekeeping14:15 Chain Bridge Honey Farm showroom 16:30 Advice to new beekeepers 17:30 Brother AdamCheck 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/breedingthehoneybeePodcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/Email Brent brent@nixonqueenbees.com.auInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBeesEpisode Musichttps://audionautix.com/ | 23m 01s | ||||||
| 2/16/24 | ![]() 22) Brad Hogg (CA) | 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 setup6:50 2 queen systems 11:04 3 nucs over 2 10 frames 13:14 Zombie colonies 16:44 OTS queen rearing22:12 Wintering mating nucs23:57 double screens with mating nucsBrad’s YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/FaithApiaries-ThatBeeManBrad’s Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/FaithApiaries 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/breedingthehoneybeePodcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/Email Brent brent@nixonqueenbees.com.auInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBeesEpisode Musichttps://audionautix.com/ | 29m 55s | ||||||
| 1/18/24 | ![]() 21) Ian Steppler (CA) | 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=ouifrZvFn1U00:00 Intro2:18 Bringing in breeding stock 5:30 When Ian started raising his own stock8:30 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/breedingthehoneybeePodcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/Email Brent brent@nixonqueenbees.com.auInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBeesEpisode Musichttps://audionautix.com/ | 27m 47s | ||||||
| 12/31/23 | ![]() 20) Laurence Edwards (UK) | 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/@BlackMountainHoney0:46 YouTubing4:00 Buckfast and AMM6:51 Duncan Simmons queens8:47 UK mated queens10:21 Variation in Buckfast lines11:30 Cell building methods 14:00 How to find Laurence online15:25 What is Laurence selling Join the podcast facebook community groupwww.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybeePodcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/Email Brent brent@nixonqueenbees.com.auInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBeesEpisode Musichttps://audionautix.com/ | 18m 26s | ||||||
| 12/11/23 | ![]() 19) Leigh Slater (AU) | 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 beekeeping4:13 Preserving the black bee7:05 taking the strain back to England9:30 Attributes of the black bee12:00 The Tasmanian program15:30 Leatherwood honey17:00 Ideal honey boxes Join the podcast facebook community groupwww.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybeePodcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/Email Brent brent@nixonqueenbees.com.auInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBeesEpisode Musichttps://audionautix.com/ | 20m 28s | ||||||
| 12/9/23 | ![]() 18) Terry Meakin (IE) | 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 Adam6:30 Started queen rearing at 148:00 Irish honey bee9:40 AMM nucs 10:00 Peter Donovan11:30 Meeting Brother Adam15:20 Peter Donovan’s photo book17:10 Buckfast bee20:10 Mating nucs26:30 Dadant Hive30:00 Patsy Bennett and the Teagasc Research Centre in Wexford33:20 Where to find TerryTerry's Website https://wicklowbeesandhoney.wordpress.com/Podcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/Email Brent brent@nixonqueenbees.com.auInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBeesEpisode Musichttps://audionautix.com/ | 34m 41s | ||||||
| 10/21/23 | ![]() 17) Dan Long (US) | 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 business4:30 JZBZ system 5:10 First 3D printer5:35 First attempt at making cages 6:07 Queen introduction6:45 Candy plug7:20 Queen cage trays8:03 Banking8:30 Different styles of cages9:45 Writing on the cages 10:45 Wax mounts12:30 Merrill tool box14:25 Day tripper19:50 JZBZ set20:10 Queen catcher22:30 Cell bars 23:10 Dan’s website24:15 North American Honey Bee Expo vendor EZPZ Websitehttps://ezpz.buzz/Join the podcast facebook community groupwww.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybeePodcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/Email Brent brent@nixonqueenbees.com.auInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBeesEpisode Musichttps://audionautix.com/ | 25m 08s | ||||||
| 9/27/23 | ![]() 16) Tucka Saville (US) | 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 is2:48 Feeding3:10 Comparison to Warre hives3:37 Working frames in a Comfort hive4:06 Top feeders5:45 Sam Comfort and Michael Palmers’ cell builders8:26 Using a swarm as a cell builder 9:20 Variation in queen colour10:20 Selection of queens11:15 Stacking mating nucs12:40 Moving a Comfort hive15:00 Queen raising classes16:00 Where to find Tucka onlineTucka's Istagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tucka.bee/?hl=en Join the podcast facebook community groupwww.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybeePodcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/Email Brent brent@nixonqueenbees.com.auInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBeesEpisode Musichttps://audionautix.com/ | 17m 01s | ||||||
| 9/2/23 | ![]() 15) Varroa and VSH Australia | 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 Petersenhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083143661962Richard Sims https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100067550281602Corinne Jordanhttps://beegenetics.com.au/Paul Roderhttps://rockhamptonbees.com.au/ | 16m 42s | ||||||
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