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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Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)

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