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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

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

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

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

Measure the Varroa level spring and late summer, maybe more

The summer has been filled with work despite bad weather. However, the queen breeding has worked well. But despite the cooperation with Radim, it has taken a lot of time. Demand for queens has increased. It has meant more work.

Erik September 4, 2017September 5, 2017 TBH, Varroa level Read more

Varroa project 2014 –>

Click on the pictures to get better quality and readability This test is accomplished and funded by LP:s biodling bee equipement supplier, Arne Andersson sideline beekeeper and Erik Österlund sideline beekeeper. GOAL FOR THE PROJECT The goal for this test

Erik April 22, 2017May 29, 2020 Breeding, Cellsize, Disease resistance, Elgon, Management, Varroa level, Varroa resistance Read more

Reworked website with new info

Hello dear beekeepers! I’ve been reworking my old website. not my blogs. The English part became ready enough to be published and I launched it on http://elgon.es There are quite some new material there. In the article “Resistance breeding” some of

Erik December 26, 2016 Breeding, Cellsize, Elgon, Uncategorized, 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

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
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