{"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":"38) Amy Dunn (NZ)","slug":"38-amy-dunn-nz","published_at":"2025-11-09T11:01:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breeding-the-honeybee-5581713/38-amy-dunn-nz","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breeding-the-honeybee-5581713","url":"https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/38-amy-dunn-nz","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/dfc4f5a6/64f37033.mp3","summary":"Amy is a queen breeder. Her business is called Kereru Queen bees, which she runs with her two sisters and their husbands. The business was originally started by Amy’s father John over 40 years ago. The business is based in Kereru, a small farming district 60 km's southwest from Napier/Hastings on the eastern foothills of the northern Ruahine ranges in Hawkes Bay. Contact Amy - kereruqueenbees@gmail.com If you are interested in reading a nice book about Amy's Grandfather growing up with the bees you can email Amy's mother - jenny-dobson@xtra.co.nz I have a copy of this book which my family read in one sitting and loved it. Check out Amy's dad queen cell carriers here https://www.carricell.com/ An interview with Amy's grandfather from 2015 https://knowledgebank.org.nz/audio/berry-ian-interview/ Comment or leave feedback on the episode post in the Facebook group for this podcast 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 Episode Music https://audionautix.com/ 0:00 Intro and family 6:10 Kinds of bees 9:35 UbeeO 11:00 Randy Oliver 12:05 Kirk Webster 12:55 Ray Butler 13:10 AFB 15:35 Mating nucs 19:03 Cells 25:00 Fun facts","meta_description":"Amy is a queen breeder. Her business is called Kereru Queen bees, which she runs with her two sisters and their husbands. The business was originally star…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1646,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/breeding-the-honeybee-5581713/episodes/38-amy-dunn-nz/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-5581713/38-amy-dunn-nz.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}