About this episode
Chris Bartel, a 3rd generation beekeeper from Canada, discusses his family's beekeeping business and practices.
Chris is a 3rd generation beekeeper from Canada. His family specialise in imports of packages and queens. You can find the family’s business at https://www.bartelbeeco.ca/ Comment or leave feedback on the episode post in the Facebook group for this podcast https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees in Ballarat Australia. Email Brent at brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au 0:00 Family 7:59 Shipping queens internationally 12:40 Old way of beekeeping in Canada 16:10 Wintering 18:55 Ezy Loader Episode Music https://audionautix.com/
People in this episode
Host: Brent Nixon
Guest: Chris Bartel
Topics covered
- beekeeping
- honeybee breeding
- family business
- queen bees
- international shipping
- wintering bees
Keywords
- beekeeping
- Canada
- queen bees
- honeybee
- family business
- shipping
- wintering
Sponsors
Nixon Queen Bees
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Bartel Bee Co.
Places: Canada, Ballarat Australia
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