Beekeeper Chat - Ben Moore (Ben's Bees - AU) with Chari Elam

Meet well known first-generation Australian beekeeper Ben Moore. Now 30 years into the profession, his business “Ben’s Bees” successfully produces honey, provides pollination, and produces products from the hive such as candles. Join Chari as she quizzes Ben on various beekeeping topics such as nutrition, seasonal differences, queen rearing, and-you guessed it-Varroa! Spoiler alert: his state in Australia doesn’t have them yet! But wait-Varroa is within reach and expected to be in his hives within six months. Enjoy this very engaging chat as you learn how the US and AU beekeeping techniques differ and how very much the same we truly are. Check out his Bees with Ben podcast at: www.bensbees.com.au/bees-with... and his website Ben's Bees: www.bensbees.com.au/

[@marioplavljanic2907]

Awesome sauce 🙌 thank you very much Chari for all the wonderful interviews/podcasts you do! I’m a “young” new 2024 beekeeper, got my bees from the Dayton TX location. I did 4/5 months of personal research no formal training and your TH-cam channel has helped me so much I can’t thank y’all enough 🙏 looking forward to the years ahead and hopefully meeting you and the TBS team in person 🥳

[@thebeesupply]

Thank you! We can't wait to meet you!!

[@framcesmoore]

Ha Chari this was good really enjoyed it. I look at 4 weather sources. We are in a dearth now, have pulled the honey and extracted it I got about 360/30 gal. ^ 5 gal buckets. anyway this was great. I get 15 for a pint I might have to go up next year the sugar is 20.00 a bag it was 8.88. it is real bad now.. have a great week. I have all my hives straped all the time I live in virginia and very close to water and we flood bad here it gets deep the tide just destroyed this city with our last harricane. it was bad. we flood bad with a northeastern just the wind the water get up to my knees.

[@thebeesupply]

Thanks for sharing! That's a great harvest! Sorry the dearth is bad- it's getting bad in our area too! Hang in there! Dearth and floods...never ends does it!?