Corinne Jordan operates the bee lady apiaries in Brisbane Australia. She specialises in Italian bees. Recently Corrine has started beegenetics.com.au, a program that will focus on breeding bees for varroa resistance in Australia.
4:35 - Leading up to Varroa
5:16 - Liquid nitrogen testing
6:30 - Bringing in genetics to Australia
7:52 - Deformed wing virus
8:27 - Rea Butler
9:46 - Varroa gets discovered in Australia
11:30 - Breeding over treating
12:55 - Corinne’s breeding program (Using UBeeO)
14:07 - The challenges of establishing a breeding program in Australia
17:20 - How to get involved
18:00 - Funding required
19:05 - Corinne’s history of breeding queen bees
20:19 - Cordovan bees
Find Corinne here
www.beegenetics.com.au
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Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)
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