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.

Each step is important and only a rigorous respect of this method will enable to make effective progress.

Vocational trainings	Level
Introduction to selection programmes Criteria selection, fertilization control, origin testing, etc.
Planning a selection programme Calendars management, roles distribution, writing and monitoring pedigrees, cross-breeding strategies, etc.
Queen breeding
The use of fertilization nucleis Management of a fertilization centre, introduction of royal cells or virgin queens, etc.
Drones breeding
Insemination - level 1 Preparation of equipment, anatomy, manipulations with trainer (sperm sampling, queen insemination), etc.
Insemination - level 2 Preparation of equipment, manipulations in full autonomy, (sperm sampling, queen insemination), etc.
Introduction to criteria and testing methods Evaluation criteria, hierarchisation, quotations, etc.
Testing methods - level 2 Feedbacks, quotations, hygienic tests, statistical analysis of results, etc.
Genetic characterization : bees morphometric analysis bees wings preparation, training to Apiclass software, etc.

Selection – Breeding

Selection - Breeding

Why should we select bees ?

What is genetic selection ?

Vocational trainings

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