28) Ron Clarke and Rob Manning (AU)

Rob and Ron have been working together in the West Australian bee industry for many years. Together they run a breeding program using instrumental insemination which Ron learnt from Gretchen Wheen and Sue Cobey. In this episode we discuss bee breeding, the Rottnest program, Joe Horner’s drone rearing and the story of the Karri tree, which Rob is writing a book about. 1:30 When Rob and Ron started working together3:14 Rottnest breeding program5:14 Gretchen Wheen and Mathilde 'Tilly' Kühnert7:14 When Ron Learnt Instrumental insemination 7:52 Sue Cobey visits Australia in 20099:33 Challenges of Instrumental insemination12:00 Joe Horner’s drone rearing system14:02 Drone drift15:37 Queens you can get from Rob and Ron19:20 Rob’s book on the Karri forest in Western Australia 22:29 Baiting Comment or leave feedback on the episode post in the Facebook group for this podcast https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybeeRecord a soundbite about your queen rearing here https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/podcast This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees in Ballarat Australia. Email Brent at [email protected] Musichttps://audionautix.com/