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Kobe Apiaries
Address:
1252 Houseman Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505, USA, Michigan, USA
Description:
Kobe Apiaries
| Bee Information | |
| Bees for sale? | |
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| What characteristics do you use to select your breeding stock? | |
| - Gentleness - Productivity - Disease Resistance - Ability to Overwinter - Mite Resistance - VSH/SMR (Harbo Assay) |
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| Where is the source of your bees and what strain(s) are they? | |
| Our bees are Michigan bees that stay in Michigan year-round. We raise our queens from our overwintered stock. We select for gentleness, productivity, disease resistance, hardiness, and ability to overwinter. In 2023, we added genetics to our apiaries from Stevens Bee Company, Harbo Bee Company, and VP Pol-Line 2.2. These genetics were specifically selected for their mite resistance characteristics (Suppressed Mite Reproduction (SMR) and Varroa Sensitive Hygiene (VSH)). Moving forward, we will use the Harbo Assay to continue to select for mite resistance within our stock.
Our queens are open-mated in our apiaries, therefore, we do not claim them to be any specific race or subspecies. Instead, they are hybrids of the local bees that are surviving in our area. These bees are often referred to as "Michigan Mutts." All queens will come marked. |
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| Where do the bees overwinter? | |
| Michigan (Grand Rapids, Ada, Kentwood, and Howell) | |
| Do the bees spend the whole season in your home location? If not, where do they go and when, and for how long? | |
| Yes. Our bees stay in Michigan year-round. | |
| Do you monitor for varroa mites? How and how often? | |
| Yes. We perform alcohol washes throughout the season and mite drop after oxalic acid vapor (OAV) treatments in the fall and winter. | |
| Have your hives been inspected by an inspector? | |
| No. | |
| Anything else? (e.g. describe your operation) | |
| If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out. You can learn more about us through our social media accounts:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ |
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Categories:
Selling Nucs
Selling Queens
Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/kobeapiaries