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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