EPISODE · Oct 31, 2022 · 1H 1M
5) Adam Finkelstein (US)
from Breeding the Honeybee · host Brent Nixon
Adam is a VSH queen breeder. He has been breeding queen bees since the late 80s. Together with his wife, Kelly, who he met in Entomology class at university, they run a business called VP queen bees which is based in Iva, South Carolina, USA and specialises in the production of VSH breeder queens. 1:30 Getting into bees7:00 Working as a bee inspector 12:00 Getting to know varroa18:20 Thoughts on treating varroa22:10 What are VSH bees26:30 Adam’s hive setup30:30 Adam’s bee lines36:00 History of the Pol line 2.239:30 Artificial insemination classes40:25 Books on queen breedingGet in touch with Adam at vpqueenbees.comJoin 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/
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Adam is a VSH queen breeder. He has been breeding queen bees since the late 80s. Together with his wife, Kelly, who he met in Entomology class at university, they run a business called VP queen bees which is based in Iva, South Carolina, USA and specialises in the production of VSH breeder queens.
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