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Robbyn Smith
7409 Clark Road, Bath, MI 48808, United States
Robbyn Smith
Bee Information | |
Bees for sale? | |
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What characteristics do you use to select your breeding stock? | |
winter survival and gentleness | |
Where is the source of your bees and what strain(s) are they? | |
mutts..original queens were Saskatraz and carniolians but thoroughly mixed now | |
Where do the bees overwinter? | |
on our farm in Bath, mi | |
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..several times during summer | |
Have your hives been inspected by an inspector? | |
no | |
Anything else? | |
2 years in a row (2022 , 2023 ) i have had 100% survival rate. 32 hives going into winter, 32 hives alive in spring. Previous years have had about 30% loss. |