7) John Jacobs (US)

John is a queen breeder from Rogue River, Oregon, USA. He has a business called Old Sol Apiaries. Starting in 1997 with a degree in Biology, John’s goal has been to produce  productive, hearty, pest and disease tolerant bees that are also a pleasure to work with. John prides himself on selling well vetted bees and even has a motto “A queen that has been through a thorough vetting, is a queen on which you should be betting!”0:55 Varroa in Australia3:02 Dealing with varroa with mite treatments 4:12 VSH lines past and present 5:50 Bee informed partnership  7:10 John survivor stock8:40 Washington State University importing Caucasian bees from Georgia 11:30 What John selects for13:11 Oxalic acid13:33 John mating nucs16:50 John’s work with solar energy companies18:20 Meadhttps://oldsolbees.com/Join 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/