38) Amy Dunn (NZ)

38) Amy Dunn (NZ)

From Breeding the Honeybee by Brent Nixon

November 9, 2025 · 27 min · Episode 38

About this episode

Amy Dunn discusses her family's queen bee breeding business in New Zealand.

Amy is a queen breeder. Her business is called Kereru Queen bees, which she runs with her two sisters and their husbands. The business was originally started by Amy’s father John over 40 years ago. The business is based in Kereru, a small farming district 60 km's southwest from Napier/Hastings on the eastern foothills of the northern Ruahine ranges in Hawkes Bay. Contact Amy - kereruqueenbees@gmail.com If you are interested in reading a nice book about Amy's Grandfather growing up with the bees you can email Amy's mother - jenny-dobson@xtra.co.nz I have a copy of this book which my family read in one sitting and loved it. Check out Amy's dad queen cell carriers here https://www.carricell.com/ An interview with Amy's grandfather from 2015 https://knowledgebank.org.nz/audio/berry-ian-interview/ Comment or leave feedback on the episode post in the Facebook group for this podcast https://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 brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au Episode Music https://audionautix.com/ 0:00 Intro and family 6:10 Kinds of bees 9:35 UbeeO…

People in this episode

Host: Brent Nixon

Guest: Amy Dunn

Topics covered

  • queen breeding
  • beekeeping
  • family business
  • honeybee
  • New Zealand

Keywords

  • queen bees
  • beekeeping
  • Kereru
  • honeybee
  • family business

Sponsors

Nixon Queen Bees

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kereru Queen bees

Places: Kereru, Hawkes Bay

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