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Dan Braden
Lakeview, Ohio, USA 43331
Dan Braden
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Prairie Ridge Honey Farm |
Bee Information | |
Bees for sale? | |
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What characteristics do you use to select your breeding stock? | |
Northern Overwintering Ability, Honey Production, Resistance to Varroa Mites over time under selective pressure, Sustained hive health and vigor over time, Temperament, Swarming Tendancies | |
Where is the source of your bees and what strain(s) are they? | |
Proven Northern Adapted Survivor Stock from grafted queen lines, Five Selected and Proven Queen Lines mated with selected and local drone stock, Grafted queens originate totally from my queen lines and mate with selected drone stock from my operation (Southern Bee Packages are not brought into my operation and carry no genetic influence into my stock selection and queen rearing program) |
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Where do the bees overwinter? | |
Entirely in North Central Ohio | |
Do the bees spend the whole season in your home location? If not, where do they go and when, and for how long? | |
Yes | |
Do you monitor for varroa mites? How and how often? | |
Yes, At a minimum 2 times during the active production season | |
Have your hives been inspected by an inspector? | |
Yes , inspected and certified | |
Anything else? | |
Northern Adapted Queens are available from our Ohio Overwintered Stock - May - August - Mated Queens from our drone pool -Virgins - Queen Cells - Limited Overwintered Nucs Available - Spring Nucs |
(419) 303-0983