Jul 16 2024 22 mins 3
Cory Stevens is a VSH queen breeder from Missouri, USA. He has a business called Steven’s Bee Company which offers AI VSH breeder queens, VSH virgin queens and raw honey free of miticides and antibiotics.
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00:00 Introduction
1:50 Guest question - Matt Crane - Is there a correlation between colour and VSH?
3:20 Guest question - Steve Sammut - Is there a correlation between UBeeO and VSH?
5:00 Guest question - Paul Roder - Is there a correlation between bald brood and VHS?
7:00 Cory’s commercial program in which he sends out breeders and gets back high performing F1s
8:50 How the F1s in the program are assessed
10:07 UbeeO and overwintering
12:53 Harbo Assay
13:42 Are F1s in the program treated?
17:16 What traits are desirable in returning F1s?
19:10 Colour and VSH - Harbo
