{"podcast":{"title":"Breeding the Honeybee","slug":"breeding-the-honeybee-5581713","podcast_index_feed_id":5581713,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/breeding-the-honeybee","website_url":"https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/cUJO2OIF2dkYL2zJFEmdODTw8CvbZaGyxP3CR8QFtc0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMyNTIwLzE2NTc5/Njk4NDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Brent Nixon","episode_count":40,"summary":"All about bee breeding. Episodes range from: bee genetics, stories about bee breeding, analysis of research and interviews with people in this field.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T02:17:11.969737+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breeding-the-honeybee-5581713"},"episode":{"title":"16) Tucka Saville (US)","slug":"16-tucka-saville-us","published_at":"2023-09-27T11:33:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breeding-the-honeybee-5581713/16-tucka-saville-us","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breeding-the-honeybee-5581713","url":"https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/15-tucka-saville-us","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/42c5a62b/1fc74749.mp3","summary":"Tucka Saville lives in Florida, USA. She raises queens, provides classes for queen catching and grafting and is a common public speaker at bee events and clubs. Her business can be found on Instagram @tucka bee. 1:20 What a Comfort hive is 2:48 Feeding 3:10 Comparison to Warre hives 3:37 Working frames in a Comfort hive 4:06 Top feeders 5:45 Sam Comfort and Michael Palmers’ cell builders 8:26 Using a swarm as a cell builder 9:20 Variation in queen colour 10:20 Selection of queens 11:15 Stacking mating nucs 12:40 Moving a Comfort hive 15:00 Queen raising classes 16:00 Where to find Tucka online Tucka's Istagram https://www.instagram.com/tucka.bee/?hl=en Join the podcast facebook community group www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee Podcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia) https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/ Email Brent brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBees Episode Music https://audionautix.com/","meta_description":"Tucka Saville lives in Florida, USA. She raises queens, provides classes for queen catching and grafting and is a common public speaker at bee events and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1021,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/breeding-the-honeybee-5581713/episodes/16-tucka-saville-us/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breeding-the-honeybee-5581713/16-tucka-saville-us.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}