Posts by Stephen McGrath

Queen rearing group based in Killin and around Loch Tay, focused on propagating the best of our locally adapted dark bees from the area. Our focus is on healthy, vigorous and varroa resistant bees that overwinter under the coldest and wettest conditions here in Scotland and build up quickly in springtime. We produce locally adapted,…

Sheffield-based group of beekeepers seeking to identify varroa resistance in our local bee population and to promote the distribution of these resistance traits to our local beekeeping community. We are a group of Sheffield beekeepers seeking to identify, propagate and distribute queens derived from locally adapted colonies displaying varroa resistant traits. Using mite drop monitoring,…

We raise queens from locally adapted colonies, selected for desirable traits including varroa resistance, where this can be identified. Bedfordshire BKA has encouraged the development of a queen rearing group to serve its members. Our first aim is to provide a supply of locally adapted queens to Bedfordshire BKA members, ideally to apiaries within 30…

The Westerham bee breeding project is focused on raising varroa resistant, locally-adapted colonies and queens for club members initially. We are also selecting for native/near-native Apis mellifera mellifera genetics over time. We believe that building a stock of these colonies will create a local population of healthy bees, adapted to the local environment, pests and…