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

24) Brandon Michael Simmons (US)

Apr 16th, 2024 25m 26s

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 progr

23) Willie Robson (UK)

Mar 16th, 2024 23m 1s

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 al

22) Brad Hogg (CA)

Feb 16th, 2024 29m 55s

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 vlo

21) Ian Steppler (CA)

Jan 18th, 2024 27m 47s

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 matin

20) Laurence Edwards (UK)

Dec 31st, 2023 18m 26s

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/@BlackMountai

19) Leigh Slater (AU)

Dec 11th, 2023 20m 28s

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 helpin

18) Terry Meakin (IE)

Dec 9th, 2023 34m 41s

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

17) Dan Long (US)

Oct 21st, 2023 25m 8s

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. EZPZ Websitehttps://ezpz.buzz/Join the podcast facebook community

16) Tucka Saville (US)

Sep 27th, 2023 17m 1s

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.https://www.instagram.com/tucka.b

15) Varroa and VSH Australia

Sep 2nd, 2023 16m 42s

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 Septem

14) Paul Densem (NZ)

Aug 23rd, 2023 29m 41s

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 be

13) Paul Rafosala (PH)

Aug 10th, 2023 20m 17s

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

12) Bees with Ben

Jul 31st, 2023 55m 51s

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 https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bees-with-ben/id1512755530Ben's Website www.b

11) Mauritz Verster (ZA)

Jul 21st, 2023 23m 21s

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 kno

10) Corinne Jordan (AU)

Jun 3rd, 2023 26m

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.Find Corinne he

9) John Donovan (UK)

Apr 12th, 2023 56m 42s

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

8) Duncan Simmons (UK)

Mar 28th, 2023 47m 16s

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 dea

7) John Jacobs (US)

Mar 19th, 2023 49m 43s

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 ple

6) Aidan Wing (US)

Nov 5th, 2022 26m 18s

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 ar

5) Adam Finkelstein (US)

Oct 31st, 2022 1h 1m

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 an

4) Rae Butler (NZ)

Sep 23rd, 2022 47m 39s

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 N

3) Laurie Cowen (AU)

Sep 4th, 2022 25m 37s

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 Aust

2) John Berry (NZ)

Aug 24th, 2022 43m 43s

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

1) Buckfast Abbey (UK)

Aug 18th, 2022 18m 11s

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 groupwww.faceb