Monthly Archives: April 2017

In March 2017,  I spent two weeks working with two separate ‘apiculteur’ operations in the South of France, a large honey producer operated by Victor Kohut and a queen rearing operation manned by Dr. John Kefuss.   I had heard about ‘breeding bees resistant to Varroa’ and thought, ‘I really need to learn this new thing…’… Read more »

In response to Rusty’s recent varroa mite post (her comment form apparently didn’t like the references included in my reply so I posted it here and sent her a link).   Maybe not ‘let mites be mites’ but perhaps ‘let bees be bees’…? Rusty, Thanks for all the things to ponder from this post, you’ve… Read more »