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Joe Kovaleski
Address:
167 Rosslyn Blvd, Steubenville, Ohio 43952, USA
Description:
| Joe Kovaleski |
| Bee Information | |
| Bees for sale? | |
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| If "Other" please explain | |
| instrumentally Inseminated Breeder Queens
Insemination services are available. |
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| What characteristics do you use to select your breeding stock? | |
| Mite Resistance Gentleness Honey Production |
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| Where is the source of your bees and what strain(s) are they? | |
| Purdue Mite Biters Adam Finkelstein VSH Bill Carpenter Mite Maulers John Harbo VSH Mostly Carniolans |
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| Where do the bees overwinter? | |
| Ohio and West Virginia (Northern Panhandle) | |
| Do the bees spend the whole season in your home location? If not, where do they go and when, and for how long? | |
| At home apiaries in Ohio and West Virginia | |
| Do you monitor for varroa mites? How and how often? | |
| Colonies are monitored for Varroa using alcohol wash - usually on a monthly schedule. Colonies are also monitored for mite chewing behavior. |
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| Have your hives been inspected by an inspector? | |
| Yes, both in Ohio and West Virginia | |
| Anything else? | |
| Queen Rearing since 2004 and teaching Grafting Classes since 2007.
Founding member of Buckeye Queen Producers and Heartland Honey Bee Breeders Cooperative. Insemination services are available. |
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