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
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