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Lisa Stinson
Address:
Metamora, MI, United States
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Lisa Stinson
| Bee Information | |
| Bees for sale? | |
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| What characteristics do you use to select your breeding stock? | |
| Overwintering success, queen longevity, temperament, overall hive strength and productivity | |
| Where is the source of your bees and what strain(s) are they? | |
| At this point, they are mutts. Haven't purchased bees in 6 years. However, 3 years ago I bought 2 queens, from Mike Sauter, descended from Dorothy Morgan's "ankle biter" stock. Split and grafted from their colonies every year. Both of those original queens are still alive. | |
| Where do the bees overwinter? | |
| Michigan, southern Lapeer County | |
| 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. Alcohol wash method. The apiary is over 50 colonies so I test a sample late spring and late summer. | |
| Have your hives been inspected by an inspector? | |
| No | |
| Anything else? (e.g. describe your operation) | |
| 6 years ago I purchased 16 nucs from Nina Bagley, out of Columbus, OH. Among those colonies were a variety of queen breeds that I didn't have the good sense to track at that time, but they included Saskatraz, Italian and Buckfast. I haven't bought bees since that purchase. Overwinter rates these last 4 years have been 90-100%. 55 colony operation is in rural southern Lapeer County. | |
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