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Month: December 2013

Europe versus USA: breeding varroa resistence

Rüdiger Dietrich’s comment is so good I made it into a post of its own as well. Thanks Rüdiger! As a German I have of course to answer to Eriks contribution “Breeding for Varroa resistance: Germany versus USA”…:-). When commenting

Erik December 27, 2013December 27, 2013 Breeding, Disease resistance, Varroa Read more

VSH is active on drone brood as well

In my former post I wrote: “When I first read that bees don’t uncap and clean out drone pupae, as they do of different reasons with worker pupae, I was a little bit surprised as I saw it ‘all the

Erik December 25, 2013December 26, 2013 Varroa, VSH Read more

Dragging out drone pupae

Dragging out drone pupae

When I first read that bees don’t uncap and clean out drone pupae, as they do of different reasons with worker pupae, I was a little bit surprised as I saw it ‘all the time’. Then I read it another

Erik December 24, 2013December 24, 2013 Featured, Uncategorized, Varroa, VSH Read more

Epigenetics, genetics and breeding locally adapted bees

 Randy Oliver in Sweden 8 Dec 2013 7-8 December, Randy Oliver California USA, Steve Pernal Canada and Mark Goodwin New Zealand had a workshop on parasites and pathogens, mainly Varroa and American Foulbrood. Mark Goodwin with the help of video

Erik December 22, 2013December 23, 2013 Breeding, Disease resistance, Varroa Read more

Breeding varroa resistence: Germany versus USA

Breeding varroa resistence: Germany versus USA

The other day I received Imkerfreund 12-2013 in my postbox. In this issue of the German bee magazine I found an interview with the scientist leading a varroa breeding project involving beekeepers. It’s a project that has made some progress.

Erik December 20, 2013May 29, 2020 Breeding, Featured, VSH Read more

Peter Donovan has moved on

Peter Donovan has moved on

Peter Donovan was the longterm, faithful and skilled coworker with Brother Adam at Buckfast Abbey in southwest of England. He came to the abbey 1939 at the age of 12 when the war started and helped Brother Adam in his

Erik December 15, 2013December 15, 2013 Breeding, Buckfast, Featured Read more

Efforts for resistant bees give results

Efforts for resistant bees give results

I really work for getting bees that can handel the varroa mite themselves. You get results when you do, but it’s extra work and sometimes it’s difficult to interpret what you see. And you loose some bad bees. And some

Erik December 3, 2013December 3, 2013 Breeding, Featured, Varroa, VSH Read more
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