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On today’s podcast, we talk with third generation Australian commercial beekeeper, Victor Croker. When we caught up with Victor, he was in the States promoting his new EPS (Expanded Polystyrene) hive system developed with his experience of over the past 40 years of moving beehives around Eastern Australia. His beekeeping business centers on producing over 330,000 pounds of honey and pollinating almonds and other crops each season. Victor and his beekeeping partner started to experiment with EPS hives for their insulation qualities, but quickly found that what was available, was not suitable for commercial beekeepers. So, they set out to design and manufacture hives that they could use in their own operation and survive the subjected rigors and abuse hives receive daily in the field. Their design quickly became so popular, they decided to mass produce the hive and make it available to other beekeepers – first in Australia and now the USA. Thus, was born the HiveIQ. Join us today as we discuss the HiveIQ, it’s design, features, future directions and even the HiveIQ software, made with colony and yard management in mind. We hope you enjoy the episode. Leave comments and questions in the Comments Section of the episode's website. Links and websites mentioned in this podcast:   HiveIQ: https://www.hiveiq.com/ Beekeeping Today Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@beekeepingtodaypodcast  Honey Bee Obscura: https://www.honeybeeobscura.com   __ Betterbee is the presensting sponsor of Beekeeping Today Podcast. Betterbee’s mission is to support every beekeeper with excellent customer service, continued education and quality equipment. From their colorful and informative catalog to their support of beekeeper educational activities, including this podcast series, Betterbee truly is Beekeepers Serving Beekeepers. See for yourself at www.betterbee.com This episode is brought to you by Global Patties! Global offers a variety of standard and custom patties. Visit them today at http://globalpatties.com and let them know you appreciate them sponsoring this episode!  Thanks to Strong Microbials for their support of Beekeeping Today Podcast. Find out more about heir line of probiotics in our Season 3, Episode 12 episode and from their website: https://www.strongmicrobials.com Thanks for Northern Bee Books for their support. Northern Bee Books is the publisher of bee books available worldwide from their website or from Amazon and bookstores everywhere. They are also the publishers of The Beekeepers Quarterly and Natural Bee Husbandry. ___ We hope you enjoy this podcast and welcome your questions and comments in the show notes of this episode or: questions@beekeepingtodaypodcast.com Thank you for listening!  Podcast music: Be Strong by Young Presidents; Epilogue by Musicalman; Walking in Paris by Studio Le Bus; A Fresh New Start by Pete Morse; Wedding Day by Boomer; Original guitar background instrumental by Jeff Ott Beekeeping Today Podcast is an audio production of Growing Planet Media, LLC Copyright © 2023 by Growing Planet Media, LLC

On today’s podcast, we talk with third generation Australian commercial beekeeper, Victor Croker. When we caught up with Victor, he was in the States promoting his new EPS (Expanded Polystyrene) hive system developed with his experience of over the past 40 years of moving beehives around Eastern Australia. His beekeeping business centers on producing over 330,000 pounds of honey and pollinating almonds and other crops each season. Victor and his beekeeping partner started to experiment with EPS hives for their insulation qualities, but quickly found that what was available, was not suitable for commercial beekeepers. So, they set out to design and manufacture hives that they could use in their own operation and survive the subjected rigors and abuse hives receive daily in the field. Their design quickly became so popular, they decided to mass produce the hive and make it available to other beekeepers – first in Australia and now the USA. Thus, was born the <a href="https://www.hiveiq.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">HiveIQ</a>. Join us today as we discuss the HiveIQ, it’s design, features, future directions and even the HiveIQ software, made with colony and yard management in mind. We hope you enjoy the episode. Leave comments and questions in the Comments Section of the episode's website. Links and websites mentioned in this podcast:  <ul> <li>HiveIQ: <a href="https://www.hiveiq.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.hiveiq.com/</a></li> <li>Beekeeping Today Podcast on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@beekeepingtodaypodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@beekeepingtodaypodcast</a> </li> <li>Honey Bee Obscura: <a href="https://www.honeybeeobscura.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.honeybeeobscura.com</a></li> </ul> __ <a href="https://betterbee.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Betterbee</a> is the presensting sponsor of Beekeeping Today Podcast. Betterbee’s mission is to support every beekeeper with excellent customer service, continued education and quality equipment. From their colorful and informative catalog to their support of beekeeper educational activities, including this podcast series, Betterbee truly is Beekeepers Serving Beekeepers. See for yourself at <a href="https://www.betterbee.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.betterbee.com</a> This episode is brought to you by <a href="http://globalpatties.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Global Patties</a>! Global offers a variety of standard and custom patties. Visit them today at <a href="http://globalpatties.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://globalpatties.com</a> and let them know you appreciate them sponsoring this episode!  Thanks to <a href="https://www.strongmicrobials.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Strong Microbials</a> for their support of Beekeeping Today Podcast. Find out more about heir line of probiotics in our <a href="https://beekeepingtodaypodcast.com/strong-microbial-with-drs-vera-and-slava-strogolova-s3-e12" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Season 3, Episode 12</a> episode and from their website: <a href="https://www.strongmicrobials.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.strongmicrobials.com</a> Thanks for <a href="https://www.northernbeebooks.co.uk/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Northern Bee Books</a> for their support. Northern Bee Books is the publisher of bee books available worldwide from their website or from Amazon and bookstores everywhere. They are also the publishers of The Beekeepers Quarterly and Natural Bee Husbandry. ___ We hope you enjoy this podcast and welcome your questions and comments in the show notes of this episode or: <a href="mailto:questions@beekeepingtodaypodcast.com" rel="noopener">questions@beekeepingtodaypodcast.com</a> Thank you for listening! Podcast music: Be Strong by Young Presidents; Epilogue by Musicalman; Walking in Paris by Studio Le Bus; A Fresh New Start by Pete Morse; Wedding Day by Boomer; Original guitar background instrumental by Jeff Ott Beekeeping Today Podcast is an audio production of Growing Planet Media, LLC Copyright © 2023 by Growing Planet Media, LLC

The New HiveIQ with Victor Croker (S6, E08)

Wow this is a cool talk all about Commercial Beekeeping in Australia With Victor Croker.  An interesting discussion about Polystyrene hives as well. Here is what your will discover  How Victor and Dave got started. What a Sulky is? What green mallee Honey is like How does his Polystyrene hive deal with the Hot Summer in Australia Why they are going to use only Polystyrene hives in the future How diseased gear are managed is managed in their operation. Imported Honey isn’t helping the Australian beekeeper What is happening with Manuka Honey in Australia  The Full Show are HERE

Wow this is a cool talk all about Commercial Beekeeping in Australia With Victor Croker.  An interesting discussion about Polystyrene hives as well. Here is what your will discover <ul> <li>How Victor and Dave got started.</li> <li>What a Sulky is?</li> <li>What green mallee Honey is like</li> <li>How does his Polystyrene hive deal with the Hot Summer in Australia</li> <li>Why they are going to use only Polystyrene hives in the future</li> <li>How diseased gear are managed is managed in their operation.</li> <li>Imported Honey isn’t helping the Australian beekeeper</li> <li>What is happening with Manuka Honey in Australia</li> </ul> The Full Show are <a href="http://kiwimana.co.nz/commercial-beekeeping-in-australia-victor-conker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>

Commercial Beekeeping in Australia – We talk to Victor Croker – KM084