Nick Milne is a third-generation beekeeper and owner-operator of Blue Sky Queen Bees and Backyard Bees in Nelson, New Zealand.
2:31 Working in Canada
4:05 Kids and bees
6:08 Getting into queen rearing
8:21 Queen breeding in New Zealand and colour
12:55 Pyramid structure for queen breeding
14:50 Bringing in mated queens for genetic diversity
16:18 Bringing in cells for genetic diversity
16:38 Rea Butler
17:23 VSH drone lines
19:34 Selling queen cells
22:01 What Nick sells
23:00 Nick’s other business - Backyard Bees
27:04 Where to find Nick online
Guide to shipping queen cells as discussed in the episode
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Podcast proudly brought to you by
Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)