Keeping Bees

About Keeping Bees

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.

Publisher

Brent Nixon

Category

education · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Jul 2024

Latest episode

10 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

5 of 10 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   10 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   10) Steve Sammut (AU)

   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/ (https://www.stevesqueens.com.au/) Steve’s Facebook https://www.facebook.com/steves.queensaus (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 (https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepingbeespodcast) Submit a question here https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/keeping-bees-podcast (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/ (https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/) Email brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au (mailto:brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au) Interested in queen rearing? Check out my other podcast ‘Breeding the Honeybee’ https://open.spotify.com/show/5c7bevh7Vzn22TK4HYfELs?si=adbc5295a2a64ba8 (https://open.spotify.com/show/5c7bevh7Vzn22TK4HYfELs?si=adbc5295a2a64ba8)

2. 

   24 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   9) Adrian O'Hagan

   Host Brent Nixon interviews beekeeper Adrian O'Hagan about hive hosting, unique honey sales, and their shared experience with bee venom immunotherapy.

3. 

   13 Jun 2025

   8) Sophia Croker (AU)

   Sophia Croker, a commercial beekeeper, shares her experiences and insights on beekeeping in New South Wales, Australia in an interview with the host.

4. 

   2 May 2025

   7) Phil Marshall (AU) Q&A

   Phil Marshall, a queen bee breeder from Adelaide Bee Sales, answers listener questions about beekeeping in this interview with Brent Nixon.

5. 

   1 Apr 2025

   6) Paul Roder (AU) Q&A

   Queen breeder Paul Roder shares insights on honey production and beekeeping practices in this interview with host Brent Nixon.

6. 

   12 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT

   5) Laura Patmore (AU)

   Queen breeder Laura Patmore shares her expertise on queen rearing and bee products in this interview with Brent Nixon.

7. 

   7 Dec 2024TRANSCRIPT

   4) Aidan Quick (AU)

   Brent Nixon interviews organic honey producer Aidan Quick about his beekeeping practices and challenges.

8. 

   14 Aug 2024TRANSCRIPT

   3) Peter Debicki (AU)

   Commercial beekeeper Peter Debicki shares insights on extraction lines, Flow Hives, drones, and queen introduction in this interview.

9. 

   9 Jul 2024

   2) John Berry (NZ)

   Third-generation beekeeper John Berry shares his nearly 60 years of experience in the craft with host Brent Nixon, offering insights into the world of beekeeping.

10. 

    9 Jul 2024

    Introduction

    Brent Nixon introduces the "Keeping Bees" podcast, offering listeners a foundational understanding of beekeeping.

Inside a recent episode

10) Steve Sammut (AU)

Published 10 Oct 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I sort of like locked on to that, and said, yeah, I want to do that, I want to do more of it. So yeah, that was started, like, producing cleans, and now I'm part of the program in class as a queen breeder, and so now I actually produce breeder queens, island mated breeder queens for the rest of the participants in the program. And we have to select the best about the best of the best for me, which is, you know, come off with approximately like a hundred breaders every season. And then it's hard to choose between some of them, you know, because their traits are so so alike, you know, you're really clutching its draws and differences. […]

Who has been a guest on Keeping Bees

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Adrian O'Hagan
• Sophia Croker
• Phil Marshall
• Paul Roder
• Laura Patmore

Podcast Authority Score: 4 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

9

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0

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Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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