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Chuck Bauer
8889 Clyde Park Ave SW, Byron Center, MI 49315, United States of America
What characteristics do you use to select your breeding stock? | |
Strong overwintering. Fast spring build up. Very good honey producers. |
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Where is the source of your bees and what strain(s) are they? | |
I started with Italians and carnolians and added feral Swarms and cut out colonies to my bee yard. I also added VHS queens from Dr Megan Milbrath. Over the years I introduced queens from local queen producers. |
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Where do the bees overwinter? | |
My colonies overwinter in Michigan. | |
Do the bees spend the whole season in your home location? If not, where do they go and when, and for how long? | |
My bees remain in my Bee Yard all year. | |
Do you monitor for varroa mites? How and how often? | |
I do mite checks starting in late spring. | |
Have your hives been inspected by an inspector? | |
No |