5) Adam Finkelstein (US)
Adam is a VSH queen breeder. He has been breeding queen bees since the late 80s. Together with his wife, Kelly, who he met in Entomology class at university, they run a business called VP queen bees which is based in Iva, South Carolina, USA and specialis
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Show Notes
Adam is a VSH queen breeder. He has been breeding queen bees since the late 80s. Together with his wife, Kelly, who he met in Entomology class at university, they run a business called VP queen bees which is based in Iva, South Carolina, USA and specialises in the production of VSH breeder queens.
1:30 Getting into bees
7:00 Working as a bee inspector
12:00 Getting to know varroa
18:20 Thoughts on treating varroa
22:10 What are VSH bees
26:30 Adam’s hive setup
30:30 Adam’s bee lines
36:00 History of the Pol line 2.2
39:30 Artificial insemination classes
40:25 Books on queen breeding
Get in touch with Adam at vpqueenbees.com
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