24) Brandon Michael Simmons (US)

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Breeding the Honeybee

Brent Nixon

38 episodes

3 months ago

All about bee breeding. Episodes range from: bee genetics, stories about bee breeding, analysis of research and interviews with people in this field.

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All about bee breeding. Episodes range from: bee genetics, stories about bee breeding, analysis of research and interviews with people in this field.

Nature

Education,

Science

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24) Brandon Michael Simmons (US)

Breeding the Honeybee

25 minutes

1 year ago

24) Brandon Michael Simmons (US)

Brandon is a queen breeder and the 3rd generation beekeeper from North Carolina USA. His business, Foothill Farm and Apiary offers nucs, production queens and breeders. In this episode Brandon tells us what it was like starting a breeding program with artificial insemination.

0:00 Introduction

2:00 A family of beekeepers

4:00 Brandon’s breeding program

4:35 Allogrooming

7:58 Learning AI

9:54 Introducing AI queens

14:16 Drones

16:00 AI - Is it worth it?

17:13 Being treatment free for mites

19:40 1500 chicken egg incubator for queen cells

21:20 Where you can find Brandon online

22:05 Sting Stoppers (A bee suit suit company Brandon is affiliated with)