PODCAST EPISODE 16: Richard Noel, beekeeper, business owner, and all-round interesting chap, Brittany, France For me, one of the best things about beekeeping is the way it connects to other things. Beekeeping isn’t just an activity in raising colonies and
I would bet a small fortune that I am not the only one waking up every morning and hooking straight into my favourite local Australian newsfeed to see what the developments for COVID-19 have been overnight. Melbourne has been hit
PODCAST EPISODE 15: Gladstone Solomon, beekeeper and Bees for Development trustee, Tobago Some people have wise and particularly beautiful souls. It is not something that can be quantified; it is just a feeling that you get when you meet them,
PODCAST EPISODE 14: Michael Kiem from Denmar Apiaries, Cloyna, Queensland Due to the vastness of Australia, much business happens via road and air. This extends to apiary and beekeeping, and in one great example, I source my queen bees from
PODCAST EPISODE 13: Adam Barassi, Tax Accountant from Barassi and Co. Chartered Accountants and Future Beekeeper As we are all starting to learn that we need to slow down and smell the roses … but THEN we learn that in
PODCAST EPISODE 12: Stephen Heatley, owner of Kangaroo Island Ligurian Queen Bees, Kangaroo Island Artists are known to be eccentric people, but from my experience, some of the best and most interesting beekeepers are similarly colourful characters. To be so
PODCAST EPISODE 11: Anita Long, Founder of the Tasmanian Junior Beekeeping Group, Tasmania Dedicated, passionate, friendly, outgoing, patient, encouraging, warm, a wealth of knowledge – my praise for Tassie beekeeper and educator extraordinaire Anita Long is endless. I met Anita
PODCAST EPISODE 10: Lindsay Bourke of Australian Honey Products, Tasmania I love Tasmania. Over the past few years, I have been lucky to pop across Bass Strait relatively regularly to hang out with my bee-mates in Tassie – young and
PODCAST EPISODE 9: Warm Winter Greetings and Gratitude from Ben In this episode, I send out my warmest hellos and thank you’s to all the incredible people that make the BEES WITH BEN beekeeping podcast a reality. It’s one thing
PODCAST EPISODE 8: John Edmonds from Edmonds Honey, Geelong, Victoria John Edmonds is a chatty, enthusiastic, warm-hearted bee bloke and business owner. With a wealth of experience that goes back into his family history, John is noted for saying, “keeping
