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Mary Bouma
Address:
2004 130tb Ave Hopkins, MI 49328, Michigan, USA
Description:
| Bee Information | |
| Bees for sale? | |
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| What characteristics do you use to select your breeding stock? | |
| Hardy for overwintering in MI Gentle temperament Good honey production |
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| Where is the source of your bees and what strain(s) are they? | |
| I started in 2012 with a nuc from Sparta MI. Since then I have raised queens using Mel Disselkoen’s OTS method. So the true source and strain are unknown. | |
| Where do the bees overwinter? | |
| Hopkins, MI | |
| Do the bees spend the whole season in your home location? If not, where do they go and when, and for how long? | |
| They stay on our 80 acre parcel in Hopkins, MI. | |
| Do you monitor for varroa mites? How and how often? | |
| I monitor on a random basis. I make splits of all my hives in early spring and then again in July. I treat every hive in October with oxalic acid vapor treatment. | |
| Have your hives been inspected by an inspector? | |
| No | |
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Selling Nucs
Contact Information
Phone:
(616) 901-2883