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Oct 31, 2022 1 hr 1 min

5) Adam Finkelstein (US)

from Breeding the Honeybee Hosted by 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 bees 7:00 Working as a bee inspector 12:00 Getting to know varroa 18:20 Thoughts on treating varroa 22:10 What are VSH bees 26:30 Adam’s hive setup 30:30 Adam’s bee lines 36:00 History of the Pol line 2.2 39:30 Artificial insemination classes 40:25 Books on queen breeding Get in touch with Adam at vpqueenbees.com Join the podcast Facebook community group www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee Podcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia) https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/ Email Brent [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBees Episode Music https://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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