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Mar 19, 2023 23 min

7) John Jacobs (US)

from Breeding the Honeybee Hosted by Brent Nixon

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 Australia 3:02 Dealing with varroa with mite treatments 4:12 VSH lines past and present 5:50 Bee informed partnership 7:10 John survivor stock 8:40 Washington State University importing Caucasian bees from Georgia 11:30 What John selects for 13:11 Oxalic acid 13:33 John mating nucs 16:50 John’s work with solar energy companies 18:20 Mead https://oldsolbees.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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