8/11/2023 0 Comments Nuc bee hives for sale![]() Queen will be in nuc and laying for at least 3 weeks before pickup so I can evaluate her performance and make sure you are getting a quality queen. At home you will need your own deep hive body, bottom board, 5 empty frames, a feeder, a lid, a hive tool, bee veil or jacket, beekeeping gloves, and a smoker. We have found the Saskatraz bees overwinter well in Ohio, have great honey production and are the most gentle bees we have ever worked with.īee Hive Nucs will have 5 deep frames of bees with brood, pollen, honey, and a laying Queen. The OHB Saskatraz Hybrid have been crossed high VSH lines to increase stability of the varroa tolerant trait. The Saskatraz breeding program uses recurrent natural selection to select for varroa tolerance in productive colonies with good economic traits. Saskatraz breeder queens are selected for honey production, wintering ability, temperament, tracheal mite resistance, varroa tolerance / resistance and brood diseases. ![]() Saskatraz hybrids are produced by Olivarez Honey Bees using Saskatraz breeder queens constructed in Saskatchewan, Canada by Meadow Ridge Enterprises Learn more about: Varroa sensitive hygiene We have also found that the VSH line overwinters well in Ohio and builds up fast in the spring for a great honey crop.ĭescription of VSH-Italian stock, copyright Wildflower Meadows, Inc., used by permission. Our mite counts in the fall of 2022 were near zero because of the VSH trait in these bees. This VSH activity slows the spread of varroa, and keeps mite populations below damaging thresholds. The VSH trait was originated from USDA stock in Louisiana, and later developed commercially by a number of US commercial queen breeders.īees exhibiting the VSH trait interfere with the reproduction of varroa mites by detecting and removing bee pupae that are infested with varroa mites. VSH stands for Varroa Sensitive Hygiene, and is one of the keys to keeping healthy, mite-resistant colonies. ![]() ![]() VSH-Italian queen bees are bred exclusively from instrumentally inseminated VSH breeder queens, and are selected for mite resistance, gentleness and rapid spring buildup. ![]()
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