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Varroa resistance is easier

Varroa resistance is easier

Varroa resistance conference 2024 For the scientist, varroa resistance is complicated – for the beekeeper it is simple For many years, we in Hallsberg have worked to develop varroa resistant/treatment free bees. 9 years ago, the first bee colonies became

Erik January 14, 2025January 14, 2025 Breeding, Cellsize, Disease resistance, Elgon, Featured, Treatment free, Varroa reinvasion, Varroa resistance Read more

Hygienic bees

Hygienic bees

Small cell bees are hygienic A research team at the University of Lublin, Poland, has been studying bees on small cells. One of the experiments concerns the clearance of dead capped brood (needle-killed pupae), a trait that is important for

Erik February 26, 2024February 26, 2024 Cellsize, Disease resistance, Elgon, Featured, Varroa level, Varroa resistance Read more

Varroa resistance conference

Varroa resistance conference

Hallsberg annual conference 2023 In November 2023, the fifth annual conference on treatment-free/varroa-resistant bees was held in Hallsberg. The number of beekeepers with treatment-free bees is increasing in the Hallsberg area and elsewhere in Sweden. This time Dr. Melissa Oddie

Erik December 23, 2023December 26, 2023 Breeding, Cellsize, Disease resistance, Elgon, Featured, Treatment free, Varroa resistance Read more

More treatment free Elgon bees

More treatment free Elgon bees

Selection and no chemicals but a too close to treatment bees In 2019, Sibylle and Wolfgang bought 3 Elgon colonies from me. They were all treated for varroa with half a dose of thymol that year. Since then, they have

Erik April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 Breeding, Cellsize, Disease resistance, Elgon, Featured, Overwintering, Treatment free, Varroa resistance Read more

Help for varroa resistance

Help for varroa resistance

Resistance against intruders One of my bee colonies (Elgon, combinationof Buckfast and Monticola) started to superseed their queen, but the new queen evidently got lost. The colony ended up with egg-laying workers. I discovered that in August. It had several

Erik August 29, 2021August 29, 2021 Breeding, Cellsize, Disease resistance, Elgon, Enemies, Featured Read more

The road to varroa resistant bees

The road to varroa resistant bees

The local bee club in the small town of Hallsberg on 59°N 15°E invites to a meeting on breeding varroa resistant bees. Saturday Oct 24 at 10 am – 14 pm. Venue Garveriet, Bra & Begagnat in Hallsberg. WGS 84

Erik September 6, 2020September 7, 2020 Breeding, Buckfast, Cellsize, Featured, Microbiom, Treatment free, Varroa reinvasion, Varroa resistance, Virus Read more

Varroa Resistant Bees In Norway

Varroa Resistant Bees In Norway

Varroa Resistant Bees Get $1 Million In Norway Published in Bee Culture, May 2020, pages 75 – 77 Dr Melissa Oddie, a Canadian researcher, will continue her research for at least two years based on the Varroa resistant bees with

Erik May 16, 2020May 16, 2020 Breeding, Cellsize, Disease resistance, Treatment free, Varroa resistance Read more

Darwinian beekeeping, cell size and fitness

Darwinian beekeeping, cell size and fitness

I respect and appreciate Tom Seeley and consider him a friend. He coined the expression Darwinian beekeeping. He has given us deeper understanding of the natural bee colony. But I don’t understand an expression of his in one of his

Erik September 26, 2018 Cellsize, Disease resistance, Featured, Feral bees Read more

Varroa resistant bees

– African bees are resistant to Varroa mites, or become resistant in about 5 years after the mite has come to their hives, in Africa and Americas – Italian bees on an isolated island close to the cost of Brazil

Erik February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 Breeding, Cellsize, Disease resistance, Elgon, Varroa level, Varroa resistance Read more

Resistance traits – VSH, VSHD, Grooming and more

Resistance traits – VSH, VSHD, Grooming and more

Sometimes, the term VSH is used as meaning the same thing as varroa resistance. I think it’s helpful to clarify what VSH is. It is one of several resistance characteristics that affect the bees’ resistance to the Varroa mite. VSH

Erik January 11, 2018January 11, 2018 Cellsize, Featured, Varroa resistance, Virus, VSH Read more
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