10) Corinne Jordan (AU)

Corinne Jordan operates the bee lady apiaries in Brisbane Australia. She specialises in Italian bees. Recently Corrine has started beegenetics.com.au, a program that will focus on breeding bees for varroa resistance in Australia.4:35 - Leading up to Varroa5:16 - Liquid nitrogen testing 6:30 - Bringing in genetics to Australia7:52 - Deformed wing virus 8:27 - Rea Butler 9:46 - Varroa gets discovered in Australia11:30 - Breeding over treating12:55 - Corinne’s breeding program (Using UBeeO)14:07 - The challenges of establishing a breeding program in Australia17:20 - How to get involved 18:00 - Funding required 19:05 - Corinne’s history of breeding queen bees20:19 - Cordovan bees Find Corinne herewww.beegenetics.com.auJoin the podcast facebook community groupwww.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybeePodcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/Email Brent [email protected]: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBeesEpisode Musichttps://audionautix.com/