Published - 28 August 2020 By Ben Oldroyd and Nadine Chapman Kangaroo Island bees You have probably heard that the honey bees of Kangaroo Island in South Australia are a special breed of ‘Ligurian’ Italian bees. Liguria is the … Read More genetics, Kangaroo Island, Ligurian bees Genetics, Uncategorized
Published - 17 July 2020 By Nadine Chapman Plan Bee National Honey Bee Genetic Improvement Program Plan Bee aims to work with queen breeders, producers, beekeepers and growers to create a sustainable national honey bee genetic improvement program using innovative breeding … Read More breeding, Plan bee, queen bees Breeding, Genetics, Plan Bee
Published - 12 May 2020 By Nadine Chapman Genetic evaluation of Australian honey bees An AgriFutures Australia project by Robert Banks and Vinzent Boerner of the Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit, a joint venture between NSW Department of Primary … Read More breeding, colony assessment, genetics, pedigree, queen bees Breeding, Genetics, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases
Published - 8 May 2020 By Nadine Chapman Genetics of Australian honey bees The English black bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) was first introduced to Australia in 1822. Lugurian (A. m. ligustica) bees arrived in the early 1860s, Caucasian … Read More ancestry, genetics, hybrid, subspecies Genetics
Published - 7 February 2020 By Nadine Chapman (University of Sydney) Keeping out killer bees Apis mellifera scutellata was introduced to Brazil from Africa in 1956 to solve the issue of poor performance of European honey bees in Brazil. The … Read More Africa, Africanized killer bees, capensis, scutellata Biosecurity, Genetics, Pests and diseases
Published - 13 December 2019 By Tom Gillard Controlled Breeding: Artificial Insemination of Queen Bees The unique mating system of honey bees makes it incredibly difficult for beekeepers to accurately determine the fathers of their colonies. Virgin queens mate with … Read More artificial insemination, breeding, genetics, queen bees Breeding, Genetics, Managing your hives
