PA Queen Bee Improvement Program.  "This project supported [in part] by the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program.

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PA Queen Bee Improvement Program

 "This project supported [in part] by the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. SARE is a program of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture."

 Jeff Berta-Slippery Rock  Mark Gingrich-Dover  Roger Williams-Manchester  Warren Miller-State College  Jeremy Barnes-York  Kathleen Berta-Warren  Bobby Lee Hawrenko-Saxonburg  Maryann Frazier-PSU  Christina Grozinger-PSU

 SARE 2011-Russians & Carniolan  SARE Carniolan & Ontario Buckfast  SARE AI queens w/ the PA Survivors  SARE 2014-AI queen daughter share w/ local clubs  Do you want to help?

Drone comb above excluder 25 days prior

 Pa Virgins and Ontario Buckfast Virgins  Crossed w/ Survivor Stock Drone Semen

 No Chemical treatments  Survived 2 Winter

 Measure Frames  Brood and Honey

 Count Mites

 Powder sugar is sifted over the bees  Parasitic mites fall to bottom  Counted and recorded

 Excess honey is weighed

 Record Data  Using UPC/QR Code

 Upload data  Using iPhone  Beetight database  Accessed by all

 Quality Score  QS= FB + FH - Mites

 What does it really mean?  Does it live through the Winter?

 Jeff Berta-Always Summer Herbs.com, LLC  Slippery Rock, PA   Mark Gingrich-Gingrich Apiaries, LLC  Dover,/York, PA