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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

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

Resistant bees in Wales

In north Wales, there is a group of beekeepers that do not treat honey bee colonies against the Varroa mite. They havn’t done it in years. Winter losses are lower among their bees than with those who treat. Here is

Erik December 6, 2017 Breeding, Feral bees, Treatment free, Varroa resistance 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

Varroa resistant bees in Norway

It is positive that the research community is becoming increasingly focused on varro-resistant honeybees. The latest report comes from a doctoral student, Melissa Oddie. She has started an investigation why a Norwegian beekeeper’s population of bee colonies can be called

Erik October 18, 2017October 20, 2017 Cellsize, Disease resistance, Treatment free, Varroa resistance Read more

Bashing temper of a daughter of a breeder

 The feeders I use. The gate has the angled plastic cover inserted when feeding to protect the bees from entering the whole area of the sugar solution   A few days ago I removed the last feeder after giving the

Erik October 7, 2017October 7, 2017 Breeding, Elgon, Treatment free, Varroa level, Varroa resistance Read more

1500 Varroa Treatment Free

1500 Varroa Treatment Free

  South Dakota is Buffalo and Indian land in the northern part of the Midwest. I talked to Chris Baldwin some time ago. He is a commercial beekeeper running about 1500 bee colonies. In summer his bees are closer to his

Erik March 1, 2017March 24, 2017 Breeding, Featured, Management, Pollination, Treatment free, Varroa resistance Read more

Breakthrough?

Last year I saw more wingless bees than I had expected and I used more thymol than I had expected. I realized that I could partially thank the bad weather fort thias. The bees had got too little of pollen.

Erik July 21, 2016 Breeding, Elgon, Treatment free, Varroa resistance Read more

Wingless bees and varroa level

Before varroan came there could be seen occasional bees with undeveloped/deformed wings in spring. Maybe it was the influence of DWV, Deformed Wing Virus. But it may also have been chilled brood. During the final phase of the pupa development

Erik July 9, 2016 Breeding, Elgon, Treatment free, Varroa level, Varroa resistance, Virus Read more
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