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Breeding varroa-resistant bees pays off!

Breed varroa-resistant bees! The study of EurBeST states that varroa-resistant bees are important for beekeeping. In 2017, the European Commission appointed an international group of bee researchers led by the German Bee Institute in Kirchhain to find out more about

Erik February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 Breeding, Elgon, Treatment free, Varroa, Varroa level, Varroa resistance Read more

Can resistant colonies give a good crop?

Strong Varroa resistant bee colonies Some suggest that one important trait for varroa resistance is smaller brood nest and less brood rearing. That may be so for some stock resulting in lower growth rate of varroa mites. It’s also resulting

Erik October 19, 2021 Disease resistance, Elgon, Featured, Treatment free, Varroa resistance, Virus Read more

Varroa resistance – the two traits

Varroa resistance – the two traits

Traits for Varroa resistance We have found in our Varroa resistant project in our local bee club that when you begin a project like this, checking the varroa level is the most important tool, if you plan to treat colonies

Erik October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 Breeding, Disease resistance, Elgon, Microbiom, Treatment free, Varroa level, Varroa resistance, Virus 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

An Elgon Beekeeper

Courses with speakers are a good activity for beekeeping associations. Some time ago I lectured in a small town in eastern Sweden. I meet many nice people and personal stories. For example, the best coffee I’ve been having for a

Erik November 26, 2018May 25, 2020 Breeding, Elgon, Overwintering, Varroa level, Varroa reinvasion, Varroa resistance Read more

Cooperation in the Elgon area

Cooperation in the Elgon area

Some years ago, varroa resistance had risen noticeably on my Elgon bees. Then I started to give away some breeder queens to the neighboring beekeepers. And they promised to graft from them to make new queens. In particular, Stig-Åke Gerdvall

Erik November 17, 2018May 25, 2020 Breeding, Elgon, Featured, Feral bees, Microbiom, Treatment free, Varroa level, Varroa reinvasion, Varroa resistance Read more

Two weeks at the ELGON Center

Sibylle and Wolfgang Kempf, Germany: Erik Österlund made us welcome at his home and in his bee yards when we visited with him in July 2018. I had asked him for an insight into his resistant breeding project to get

Erik September 22, 2018 Breeding, Elgon, Management 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

Updated Elgon website

I have had this blog for some years now. And I had originally a website in both English and Swedish for many years, which were also not updated for many years. 1.5 years ago or so I updated the English

Erik February 24, 2018February 24, 2018 Elgon, Varroa Read more

Treatment free focus in Germany

 Besides detecting mites in brood and clean them from there, grooming mites from each other and bite them is also an important trait for bees fighting mites. Here a mite that has got some legs bitten. It will soon die

Erik November 24, 2017November 24, 2017 Breeding, Cellsize, Disease resistance, Elgon, Management, Treatment free, Varroa level, Varroa resistance Read more
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