Why do we practise breeding ?

Why should we select bees ?

Is it better to feed your colonies incessantly or to select bees with good saving sense ? Without selection, beekeeping becomes passive and subjected to environment’s good will. It is important to overcome issues and optimize apiary management with a genetic adaptation. For this purpose, it is necessary to practise selection and breeding.

This method will enable you to:

• Improve your bees performance
• Facilitate your work in the apiary
• Increase your income

What is genetic selection ?

Our work is to help beekeepers to select a bee adapted to his work and environment.  She must be productive, gentle and must require the lowest care. Sanitary aspects are also essentials, in particular 100% hygienic and VSH bees.

The method can be summarized into 3 steps:

• An attentive observation of the apiary to select beehives corresponding to objective criteria previously chosen. It is the stage of biological father and mother selection. 
• A control of fertilizations (insemination or controlled fertilization)
• A rigorous selection of descendants. Its is called the testing stage.

Implementing a beekeeping selection plan is a continuous improvement of the beekeeper’s livestock. Each step is important and only a rigorous respect of this method will enable to make effective progress.