PODCAST EPISODE 32: Summer Catch Up with Ben Moore (Me!), Ben’s Bees, Australia The hangover of months of isolation and curfews and mask wearing and zooming still hasn’t subsided for me. Like any decent hangover, it’s lingering – part headache,
PODCAST EPISODE 31: Daniel Curless, Curless Aussie Apiaries, Lockyer Valley, Queensland. In a remarkable initiation into beekeeping, Queensland-based beekeeper Daniel Curless obtained his first ever hives in an unusual circumstance: “My first hives were found abandoned in a dry creek
PODCAST EPISODE 30: Peter Gatehouse from Hill Top Hives, South Gippsland, Australia It’s quite uncanny, but there are many remarkable stories of transformation that centre on bees. It seems to me that bees often enter someone’s life and a change
PODCAST EPISODE 29: Ian Steppler, co-owner of Steppler Farms and founder of ‘A Canadian Beekeeper’s Blog’ YouTube channel, Canada In the past year, I have grown to appreciate the internet as a tool of knowledge, of skill sharing, of learning
PODCAST EPISODE 28: Sanjay Kafle from Mad Honey, Nepal As we farewell what has been a completely life-changing year, I am starting to dream again. These final days of 2020 have me envisioning new horizons and perspectives – they remind
PODCAST EPISODE 27: Michael Haddad from Sparkke Natural Brewery, Adelaide. As the summer starts to slowly warm up in Melbourne, and Christmas bells are ringing after a very long year of challenges, people across Australia (and the world) are finding
PODCAST EPISODE 26: Adrian O’Hagan from The Bearded Bee, Melbourne When I first came across natural beekeeping, I knew I had found my place in the world. I love technology (when used for good and not evil) and new ways
PODCAST EPISODE 25: Steve Donohue, beekeeper and author of Interviews with Beekeepers Times flies when your… a beekeeper! So, it’s been a MASSIVE two months since we last spoke (or I spoke with beekeepers, and you tuned in), but the
PODCAST EPISODE 24: Ben the Busy Bee says “hi” and “goodbye” – but only for six weeks! For beekeepers, the annual cycle of work and rest is a rollercoaster. As bees rug up and hibernate for the winter, beekeepers wait
PODCAST EPISODE 23: Sarah Hamilton, Native Beekeeper and founder of BeeYourself, Brisbane, Australia These days the honeybee is well-known and well-loved. Of course, I completely understand why – these little darlings pollinate 70% of the world’s food crops, so what’s
