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Four Leaf Honey Farm
Address:
Richmond, IN 47374 United States
Description:
Four Leaf Honey Farm
| Bee Information | |
| Bees for sale? | |
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| If "Other" please explain | |
| We are a complete beekeeping supply store offering woodenware, hive kits, protective wear, nutrition, and hardware. | |
| What characteristics do you use to select your breeding stock? | |
| It takes careful note keeping to identify the most productive mite resistant stock. Our breeding stock is selected from a combination score of mite resistance, honey production, and gentleness. | |
| Where is the source of your bees and what strain(s) are they? | |
| The source of our bees can be traced back to our grandfather Earl Alexander who started Four Leaf Honey Farm in 1942 with Italian bees mixed with wild stock. | |
| Where do the bees overwinter? | |
| Central Indiana. | |
| Do the bees spend the whole season in your home location? If not, where do they go and when, and for how long? | |
| The population that we raise bees from is resident in Indiana. | |
| Do you monitor for varroa mites? How and how often? | |
| Yes, we do twice yearly alcohol washes on all hives. Once in May, once in September. | |
| Have your hives been inspected by an inspector? | |
| No. | |
| Anything else? (e.g. describe your operation) | |
| We are farmers and beekeepers in the Midwest and we enjoy improving the genetics of our bees with careful selection and record keeping. | |
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