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Medium Northern Survivor Nucs
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South Lyon, Michigan 48178 United States
Description:
Medium Northern Survivor Nucs - 5 Frame, Oak Forest Farms, South Lyon, Michigan
| Bee Information | |
| Bees for sale? | |
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| What characteristics do you use to select your breeding stock? | |
| Our goal is to produce gentle, healthy, strong colonies that survive well in a northern climate like Michigan. We incorporate VSH traits into our bee yard at every opportunity. Our bees are Northern Survivor stock that we heavily select for gentle temperament, excellent honey production and frugality with food supplies during the winter. | |
| Where is the source of your bees and what strain(s) are they? | |
| Steven's Bee Co - VSH Queens (Missouri) Sand Hill Bees - Meghan Milbrath (Michigan) Various queens traded for and bought from other Michigan keepers |
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| Where do the bees overwinter? | |
| South Lyon, Michigan. | |
| 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 live on our property year-round. | |
| Do you monitor for varroa mites? How and how often? | |
| Yes, alcohol washes monthly. Generally from May through September/October. | |
| Have your hives been inspected by an inspector? | |
| No | |
| Anything else? (e.g. describe your operation) | |
| Our winter survival average is 90% since 2018 | |
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