27) Cory Stevens (US)

Cory Stevens is a VSH queen breeder from Missouri, USA. He has a business called Steven’s Bee Company which offers AI VSH breeder queens, VSH virgin queens and raw honey free of miticides and antibiotics. Cory's Website and Facebook https://www.stevensbeeco.com/https://www.facebook.com/stevensbeecoComment or leave feedback on the episode post in the Facebook group for this podcast https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybeeRecord a soundbite about your queen rearing here https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/podcast This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees in Ballarat Australia. Email Brent at [email protected]:00 Introduction1:50 Guest question - Matt Crane - Is there a correlation between colour and VSH?3:20 Guest question - Steve Sammut - Is there a correlation between UBeeO and VSH?5:00 Guest question - Paul Roder - Is there a correlation between bald brood and VHS?7:00 Cory’s commercial program in which he sends out breeders and gets back high performing F1s8:50 How the F1s in the program are assessed 10:07 UbeeO and overwintering 12:53 Harbo Assay13:42 Are F1s in the program treated?17:16 What traits are desirable in returning F1s?19:10 Colour and VSH - HarboEpisode Musichttps://audionautix.com/