{"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":"26) Mary Lacksen (US)","slug":"26-mary-lacksen-us","published_at":"2024-06-16T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breeding-the-honeybee-5581713/26-mary-lacksen-us","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breeding-the-honeybee-5581713","url":"https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/26-mary-lacksen-us","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/f165c259/d9cd6dae.mp3","summary":"Mary is in Sparta Georgia and has a business called BeeCo Apiaries. Together with her daughter, Mary sells honey, nucs and small scale locally mated queens. 2:17 Getting into queen rearing 5:25 Lines of queens Mary uses 7:30 Survivor stock 8:15 Cell raising method 11:30 Mating nucs 13:30 Advice to people who are thinking of getting into queen rearing as a sideline 15:50 What Mary is offering in her business this season 17:57 Where to find Mary Mary’s Facebook https://www.facebook.com/beecoapiaries Mary’s Website https://www.beecoapiaries.com/ Mary’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/beecoapiaries/ Join the podcast Facebook community group - This is a great place to comment on the episode, share some of your own tips or just say hi! https://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":"Mary is in Sparta Georgia and has a business called BeeCo Apiaries. Together with her daughter, Mary sells honey, nucs and small scale locally mated queen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1246,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/breeding-the-honeybee-5581713/episodes/26-mary-lacksen-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-5581713/26-mary-lacksen-us.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}