Episode 87, Simon McEvedy, Veteran, Ivanhoe Melbourne.

HELLO, NAME IS SIMON MCEVEDY I'M THE FATHER OF TWO GIRLS I'M INFANTRY BY TRADE & NURSE BY PROFESSION I'M ALSO A VETERAN WHO HAS FINALLY FOUND A HOBBY @ THE RIPE OLD AGE 49 AND IM ALSO KNOWN AS A NEWBEE BEE KEEEPER I HAVE NAMED BOTH OF THE HIVES ONE IS A CONBINATION OF MY DAUGHTERS NAMES ELLE & LEAH AND JOYBELL IS NAMED AFTER MY MOTHER AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE BEEN A LITTLE CREATIVE WITH THE SPRAY PAINT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HIVE BEE CREATIVE I SAY AT THE START OF LOCKDOWN I STARTED SEEING POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON FLOW HIVE AND GOT ME INTERESTED BY CHANCE RSL ACTIVE PUT ON URBAN BEEKEEPING CSE AT BOX HILL RSL WHERE KATRINA AND I FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO MEET BEN & CHRIS GRAY I HAD GENERAL INTEREST IN BEES BEFORE BUT HALFWAY THROUGH PRESENTATION BENS CHARISMATIC PERSONALITLY & PASSION FOR ALL THINGS BEES GOT ME HOOKED & HE HAS ONLY A POSITIVE INFLUENCE SINCE THEN BEN TEACHER IN THE TRUEST SENCE OF THE WORD HE PASSES ON HIS KNOWLEDGE FREELY – CALMING MANOR – GIVES CONFIDENCE IN ALL AREAS OF EXPERTISE. HIS PROFESSIONALISM IS SECOND TO NONE THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS MY BEES HAVE GIVEN ME IN AUG 2021 RECEIVED FIRST TWO NUCLEUS HIVES REGISTERED AS AN OFFICIAL BEEKEEPER WITH AG VICTORIA YOU CAN HAVE UP TO 5 HIVES ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY FORTUNATELY, NEXTDOOR NEIGHBOUR IS A CARPENTER WITH VET CONSTRUCTIONS AND HE SUPERCHARGED COFFEE TABLE – SIDE OF ROAD TURNED INTO WORKABLE HIVE STAND SO, WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN BENEFITS FIRSTLY, I FOUND A HOBBY THIS HAS GIVEN ME PURPOSE AND THIS PURPOSE GUIDED ME IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION OF LEARNING LOTS OF YOUTUBE VIDEO, READING BOOKS, JOINING ONLINE BEEKEEPING GROUPS & ENABLED TO CONNECT WITH OTHER BEEKEEPERS THESE CONNECTIONS ENABLED ME TO RE-ENGAGE WITH OTHERS MAKING CONNECTIONS IS SOMETHING I HAVE FOUND VERY DIFFICULT. AND ISOLATION IS SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS MANY VETERANS. [email protected] On Instagram veteran_bee_therapy