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MI Native Producers
Sam Comfort
Address:
New York, USA
Also sells bees out of Florida
Description:
| Bees for sale? | |
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| If "Other" please explain | |
| 2, 3, and 4 pound packages. New York bees are sold out for 2018. Queens are available. | |
| What characteristics do you use to select your breeding stock? | |
| All potential breeding stock mates and survives in upstate New York for at least 2 winters with no treatments for mites and minimal feeding. The hives are assessed for health, gentleness, and honey stores. We also keep data on cell acceptance/cell and mating percentage. Our approach follows the trends of several lines of bees and culls lines to introduce new ones. This is an anti-breeding program. | |
| Where is the source of your bees and what strain(s) are they? | |
| We graft from at least 6 lines and "guest" cellraiser weekly. They are a mix of Russian, VSH Carniolan, Buckfast, and Caucasian. | |
| Where do the bees overwinter? | |
| We keep stationary hives in both upstate New York and southern Florida. We move New York breeding stock queens south to produce both daughter queens and drones. | |
| Do the bees spend the whole season in the North? If not, where do they go and when, and for how long? | |
| Hives are currently stationary all year. Queens are moved north to south and shipped nationwide. | |
| Do you monitor for varroa mites? How and how often? | |
| We visually inspect for disease- snotty brood, shriveled wings,and we do occasional brood uncapping. | |
| Have your hives been inspected by an inspector? | |
| Yes, Both Florida and New York. Our Florida queens are certified European by FDACS. | |
| Anything else? | |
| We will ship queens as early as weather permits. From June 2018 on, our summer queens will be mated in the Adirondacks, where we are launching a bee school demoing queen catching, cellraiser methods, nuc schedules, and general upheaval. Bee in touch. | |
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