27) Cory Stevens (US)

Cory Stevens is a VSH queen breeder from Missouri, USA. He has a business called Steven’s Bee Company which offers AI VSH breeder queens, VSH virgin queens and raw honey free of miticides and antibiotics. 00:00 Introduction 1:50 Guest question - Matt Crane - Is there a correlation between colour and VSH? 3:20 Guest question - Steve Sammut - Is there a correlation between UBeeO and VSH? 5:00 Guest question - Paul Roder - Is there a correlation between bald brood and VHS? 7:00 Cory’s commercial program in which he sends out breeders and gets back high performing F1s 8:50 How the F1s in the program are assessed 10:07 UbeeO and overwintering 12:53 Harbo Assay 13:42 Are F1s in the program treated? 17:16 What traits are desirable in returning F1s? 19:10 Colour and VSH - Harbo Cory's Website and Facebook https://www.stevensbeeco.com/   / stevensbeeco   Comment or leave feedback on the episode post in the Facebook group for this podcast   / breedingthehoneybee   Record a soundbite about your queen rearing here https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/pages/p... This podcast is proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees in Ballarat Australia. Email Brent at [email protected] Episode Music https://audionautix.com/