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Varroa resistance

Lasting learning?

In one of the recent blogposts I wrote about non-resistant bee colonies against varoa mite, learning from resistant worker bees how to deal with the mites and being resistant. It seems now that these colonies that has learned resistance have

Erik October 3, 2016 Breeding, Cellsize, Varroa resistance Read more

Factors for reinvasion

Robbing Several years ago, it was common that there were always noticeable, even many bees flying around the ventilation and the door to the extraction room. It has become less and less bees every year. This year there have been

Erik September 8, 2016 Varroa resistance Read more

Reinvasion is worst

Last year 2015 was a bad year for the bees in more than one respect. Long cold spring and bad summer. But late summer was good as was the autumn. The bees could recover and prepare for next year. Fresh

Erik August 25, 2016 Breeding, Disease resistance, Elgon, Varroa level, Varroa resistance Read more

Small cell size important in breeding Varroa resistance

After reading the blogpost ”Breakthrough?” an European PhD-Scientist wrote me an email with the following comment: ”After reading your post I realized that you do have small cell size, but you’re not mentioning it in the actual post. To make

Erik July 30, 2016July 31, 2016 Breeding, Cellsize, 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

Struggles for the survival of honey bees

Struggles for the survival of honey bees

SB is a relatively new and dedicated beekeeper in southern Germany. She is interested in different kinds of bees and their place in the ecological system. I asked her to tell her story and her struggles helping her bees to

Erik June 6, 2016 Breeding, Cellsize, Featured, Nature and man, Treatment free, Varroa resistance Read more

Keeping track of the infestation level

In the search for breeders for this season I tested a number of hives for the infestation level of Varroa mites in the beginning of May. Those choosen had not been treated for mites either not at all last season,

Erik May 27, 2016 Breeding, Varroa level, Varroa resistance, VSH Read more

Learning and teaching

  Hans-Otto Johnsen was very skilled already in his youth keeping old American cars and trucks going. That skill can be very handy for a commercial beekeeper. For many years he worked as an expert on explosives, but he got

Erik April 4, 2016December 10, 2017 Breeding, Cellsize, Disease resistance, Elgon, Treatment free, Varroa resistance, Wax Read more

A passionate treatment free beekeeper 

A passionate treatment free beekeeper 

Cory Stevens lives in southeast Missouri. There are some hives of hobbyists some miles from him. A larger beekeeper is 7-8 miles from him, but he uses Cory Stevens’ queen cells.  The whole Stevens family works together Started with resistance

Erik February 26, 2016April 28, 2016 Breeding, Featured, Feral bees, Treatment free, Varroa resistance, VSH Read more
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