Honey, I'm Home

Honey, I’m Home is Australia’s first podcast for anyone who wants to get into beekeeping.  Dedicated to understanding beekeeping, educating yourself on these important insects, and starting your first apiary.  Benjamine Durie is a school principal in northern New South Whiles, and Jye Smith is an…

Bees 101 - The birds and the bees

A live bee inspection with the local school kids as we get to the bee basics. Learn about who is the honey and who is coming home - our hosts of the podcast; meet Ben the beekeeper from The Humble Hive Collective and Jye Smith podcast producer and beekeeper to bee. In this episode we explore how …

Different Types of Bees - All the bees

Did you know Australia has over 1700 species of native bees? Well Dr. Rosalyn Gloag certainly does. Ros is a lecturer and researcher from the University of Sydney and a key part of the innovative BEE lab. Join with us as we uncover some of the characteristics of our native stingless bees varieties …

Native Australian Bees - Buzzy oath, mate

Did you know we have our very own bees here in Australia? Dr. Tim Heard is an entomologist and ex-CSIRO research scientist. He has been keeping Australian native stingless bees since 1985 when he transferred his first hive from a cut-down tree into a wooden box. Tim now runs Sugarbag Bees and in t…

Queen Bees - Yas Queen!

Liz Frost is one of Australia’s most renowned bee experts, credited with many research, development and education programs whilst in the position of Technical Specialist, Honey Bees for the NSW DPI. She is currently coordinating a Queen Bee Breeding Program and steps us through the vital role the q…

Bee Biosecurity - The Pollinator

In this episode join our hosts who have a chat with two of Australia’s frontline surveillance and defensive experts for all things bee. Mark Page and Rod Burke are biosecurity officers who have the task of keeping our bees safe and protected from overseas pests and diseases as well as unwanted intr…

Triple Bzzz

Our first bonus episode: the full-length episode of the hive's favourite radio station.  Huge thanks to Rob Peters for all his voice and sound work on these.  

Professional Honey Tasting - The sweetest thing

Arthur Garske has lived his life in and around bees. He has richly contributed his stories and knowledge about his flying friends to Amateur Beekeeping Association (ABA) Branches, spoken at Commercial Apiarist events, field days and has written beekeeping articles for the Australasian Beekeeper and…

Bianca & Janene - Harvesting goodness

Have you ever thought of pairing a happy and healthy veggie patch with busy working bees? Well Bianca (Bee) Walker of Polyforage and Janene Price founder of Love to Grow certainly have and they are now on a mission to help support others make their own piece of dirt sustainable and productive. Join…

Inventor of the Flow Hive - Cedar Anderson

Our guest today can best be described as? a) Humble Hippie b) CEO c) Inventor d) Indiegogo Record Breaker or e) Beekeeper. What about all of the above! Join with us today as we chat to Cedar Anderson co-inventor of the Flow Hive, a revolutionary honey extraction system that many have described as t…