All about bee breeding. Episodes range from: bee genetics, stories about bee breeding, analysis of research and interviews with people in this field.
Breeding the Honeybee
Claim This Podcastby Brent Nixon
4.2(12 reviews)
40 episodes
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All about bee breeding. Episodes range from: bee genetics, stories about bee breeding, analysis of research and interviews with people in this field.
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Publishing Since
7/16/2022
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Recent Episodes
June 7, 2026
39) Raf Augustyn (NZ)
<p>Raf is a queen breeder based in New Zealand. He makes his own mating nucs that are based on the sizes used in Europe. </p><p>0:45 Mating Nuc Design </p><p>3:15 Using mating nucs as cell raisers </p><p>3:30 Using mating nucs for breeder queens </p><p>3:47 Using mating nucs as queen banks </p><p>3:57 Fixing failing mating nucs </p><p>4:30 Comparisons to poly mini nucs </p><p>5:00 queen quality in larger nucs </p><p>6:06 Full size mating nucs </p><p>9:19 European influence</p><p>10:54 Isolation Cages </p><p>12:09 Isolation queen bank </p><p>14:30 Custom queen excluders </p><p>16:15 Raf’s business </p><p>Check out Raf's business here. <br>https://www.manaqueen.co.nz/</p><p><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee">Join the podcast Facebook community group</a> - This is a great place to comment on the episode, share some of your own tips or just say hi!</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee">https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee<br></a><br>Podcast proudly brought to you by </p><p>Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)</p><p><a href="https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/">https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/</a></p><p><br>Music by<br>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0pcAGV4g67jCxGIPWv9iQ</p>
November 9, 2025
38) Amy Dunn (NZ)
<p>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.</p><p>Contact Amy - kereruqueenbees@gmail.com</p><p>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 <br>I have a copy of this book which my family read in one sitting and loved it. </p><p>Check out Amy's dad queen cell carriers here https://www.carricell.com/</p><p>An interview with Amy's grandfather from 2015 https://knowledgebank.org.nz/audio/berry-ian-interview/</p><p>Comment or leave feedback on the episode post in the Facebook group for this podcast </p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee">https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee</a></p><p><br>Podcast proudly brought to you by </p><p>Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)</p><p><a href="https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/">https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Email Brent </p><p><a href="mailto:brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au">brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au</a></p><p><br><a href="http://www.audionautix.com">Episode Music</a></p><p><a href="https://audionautix.com/">https://audionautix.com/</a></p><p>0:00 Intro and family</p><p>6:10 Kinds of bees </p><p>9:35 UbeeO</p><p>11:00 Randy Oliver</p><p>12:05 Kirk Webster</p><p>12:55 Ray Butler</p><p>13:10 AFB</p><p>15:35 Mating nucs</p><p>19:03 Cells </p><p>25:00 Fun facts </p>
August 1, 2025
37) Chris Bartel (CA)
<p>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 <a href="https://www.bartelbeeco.ca/">https://www.bartelbeeco.ca/</a> </p><p>Comment or leave feedback on the episode post in the Facebook group for this podcast </p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee">https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee</a></p><p><br>This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees in Ballarat Australia. Email Brent at <a href="mailto:brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au">brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au</a></p><p><br>0:00 Family</p><p>7:59 Shipping queens internationally</p><p>12:40 Old way of beekeeping in Canada</p><p>16:10 Wintering </p><p>18:55 Ezy Loader</p><p><br></p><p><a href="http://www.audionautix.com">Episode Music</a></p><p><a href="https://audionautix.com/">https://audionautix.com/</a></p>
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