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Keeping Bees

Keeping Bees

By: Brent Nixon
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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 Biological Sciences Science
Episodes
  • 10) Steve Sammut (AU)
    Oct 10 2025

    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


    Join the Facebook community to get notifications on new episodes, participate in live events and leave comments on the episodes
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepingbeespodcast


    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
    https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/


    Email brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au


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

    https://open.spotify.com/show/5c7bevh7Vzn22TK4HYfELs?si=adbc5295a2a64ba8

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    22 mins
  • 9) Adrian O'Hagan
    Jul 24 2025

    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
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepingbeespodcast


    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
    https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/


    Email brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au


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

    https://open.spotify.com/show/5c7bevh7Vzn22TK4HYfELs?si=adbc5295a2a64ba8

    5:00 Bee venom immunotherapy

    20:50 moving bees

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    36 mins
  • 8) Sophia Croker (AU)
    Jun 13 2025

    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

    Join the Facebook community to get notifications on new episodes, participate in live events and leave comments on the episodes

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


    Email brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au


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

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    15 mins
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