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Melissa Holahan
Address:
Northville, MI 48167, USA
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Melissa Holahan
| Bee Information | |
| Bees for sale? | |
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| If "Other" please explain | |
| Mentorship - Beekeeping apprenticeship (we accept 2 students per year and the program involves 10 visits (from April-Nov) to our apiary for one-on-one instruction and hive inspections. | |
| What characteristics do you use to select your breeding stock? | |
| Winter survival, hive strength, brood pattern, disease incidence, varroa mite counts | |
| Where is the source of your bees and what strain(s) are they? | |
| Meghan Milbrath - Local Michigan stock Mike Sautter - Local Michigan stock OHB Saskatraz queens - occasionally source queens |
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| Where do the bees overwinter? | |
| On our homestead | |
| 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. I've been a member of the BIP Sentinel Apiary program for the past 2 seasons. We are required to test monthly from May-October | |
| Have your hives been inspected by an inspector? | |
| No | |
| Anything else? | |
| We have had 90-100% survival for the past 3 seasons | |
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