Ben Hooper

Nuffield Australia 2010 scholarship winner

Ben Hooper receives the 2010 Nuffield Scholarship supported by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Honeybee Research and Development Program to study new apiculture techniques for hive and disease management.

Ben is self-employed, working in conjunction with his family’s beekeeping business, which has 1200 hives managed for both pollination services and production of up to 100,000kg of honey a year.

He plans to visit the world’s major honey production centres, in New Zealand, the US, Canada, Argentina and China, researching chilling techniques, which can be used to manage parasites and to improve the capacity of hives to provide commercial pollination services.

PO Box 577
Tintinara, SA, 5266
Phone 08 8757 2477
Mobile 0407 820 474
Email hoopsbee@hotmail.com