Our First Passion is for the Bees - here you will find articles and info to help our beloved Honey Bees. Swarmbustin’ Honey was founded from that passion and as a means of supporting our habit, of keeping bees. Our passion exploded and with it the number of hives, followed by beeyards sprouting up in three counties in Pennsylvania and one in northern Delaware. Twenty plus years later we operate under the umbrella of a cottage industry simply “Gone Wild.”
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
A K.I.S.S. Model for Breeding Locally-adapted Varroa-resistant Bees
Although Randy’s model clearly bee best suited for those Raising Their Own Queens, if you bee tending at least 2 Colonies of Bees, Have a Look; You will bee able to adapt to it’s usefulness! All BeeKeepers should have, or have access to a minimum of 2 colonies. Bee Buddy up if need bee!
If you bee involved with raising your own queens and/or have a significant few colonies, and a desire to bee self-reliant within your operation, this presentation, with indisputable reasoning, bee easy to implement, and as Randy mentioned, was a true eye-opener.
I truly beelieve that this approach to selective breeding will aid local bees in finding that balance so that they may co-exist with Varroa, maintaining the Varroa mite within their threshold!
If You are not a Keeper of Bees, Have a Look anyway! Good Stuff!
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