Since arriving in South Australia some years ago, and obtaining beekeeping reserve licences for both Nixon Skinner Reserve and Milbrook Reservoir, I have ardently pursued my love of beekeeping.

This interest has included working with commercial operators and as a sideliner in places as diverse as Coonalypyn, Cambrai, Bald Hills, Carrickalinga, Kangaroo Island, Nixon Skinner Reserve, Milbrook, Henry Short’s Orange Orchard (now a housing estate), and Bugle Ranges.

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