| Bee Information |
| Bees for sale? |
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| What characteristics do you use to select your breeding stock? |
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We select for gentleness and honey production. |
| Where is the source of your bees and what strain(s) are they? |
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Our bees are locally adapted mutts - generally mixes of Italian and Carniolan. |
| Where do the bees overwinter? |
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Bees overwinter in their home apiaries in Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD |
| Do the bees spend the whole season in your home location? If not, where do they go and when, and for how long? |
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Yes they spend the whole season in their home location |
| Do you monitor for varroa mites? How and how often? |
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We monitor via alcohol wash at least every 60 days. |
| Have your hives been inspected by an inspector? |
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Our hives are inspected by the Washington, DC and Maryland apiary inspectors. |
