Ulysses and his chilled Leongatha bees

The Monitor spent an afternoon at apiarist Ulysses de Vincentis' home in Leongatha chatting about hives, swarms and honey collection.

“The bees are really chilled,” de Vincentis said. “They'll be bringing pollen back into the hive. They're super organised. You go and pull out the frames, and if you've got a sort of a gentle approach to it, the bees are generally pretty relaxed.”

Take a look at part of the video interview below.