PRODUCTION QUEENS
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BREEDING STOCK
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PRODUCTION QUEENS AND BREEDING STOCK |
FOR NWC PRODUCTION QUEENS
Contact the producers listed directly for availability and prices.
Production queens are not available from Ohio State University.
NWC MEMBER - COOPERATORS
NWC Members - Cooperators are provided with and select the top breeders of our NWC population to provide you with high quality production queens. They also have the ability to flood their mating areas with NWC drones.
NWC MEMBER - COOPERATORS SINCE 1990
Strachan Apiaries and Heitkams' Honey Bees have been with the NWC program since its beginning, as annual customers of breeding stock during the 1980’s in Ca., and as Cooperating Members since 1990 when the program moved to Ohio State University. They are the core of our program and have demonstrated a long term commitment to the selection program and providing you with high quality NWC production queens. For more details about our evaluation process see the Stock Evaluation Protocol.
Valeri Severson
Strachan Apiaries, Inc.
2522 Tierra Buena Rd.
Yuba City, Ca 95991
Tel. (530) 674-3881
strabees@jps.net
Pat Heitkam
Heitkams' Honey Bees
25815 Post Ave.
Orland, Ca. 95963
Tel. (530) 865-9562
RUSSELL.HEITKAM@gte.net
NEW NWC MEMBERS
Kurt Herbst (member since 1998) and Dave Powell (member since 1999) have recently joined the NWC program as Cooperating NWC Members.
Kurt Herbst
Circle B Ranch
2000 Cannon Rd.
Round O, SC 29474
Tel. (843) 835-8314
Herbstk@aol.com
www.circle-B.com
David Powell
Powell Apiaries
4140 Country Rd KKK
Orland. Ca. 95963
Tel. (530) 865-3346
NWC queens are also available from queen producers purchasing NWC breeding stock, though note that these are sometimes mated and hybridized with Italian stocks.
NWC BREEDING STOCK AVAILABILITY
INSTRUMENTALLY INSEMINATED,
TESTED AND SELECTED NWC BREEDER QUEENS
Guaranteed for one grafting season. $500 Ea.
FRESH NWC SEMEN FROM THE GENE POOL OF SELECTED BREEDERS
Available in 100 microliter tubes. $5 per microliter.
AUTHORIZED PRODUCERS OF NWC BREEDING STOCK
Only these suppliers have the genetic diversity of NWC stock and the demonstrated ability to produce, evaluate and select NWC breeders to the standards held by this program.
Susan Cobey
Ohio State Univ.
1735 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210
Tel (614) 292-7928, Fax (614) 292 5237
cobey.1@osu.edu
Valeri Seversont
Strachan Apiaries, Inc.
2522 Tierra Buena Rd.
Yuba City, Ca 95993
Tel. (530) 674-3881, Fax (530) 674-5802
strabees@jps.