Nucleus Colonies (NUCs) Pure VSH Stock: F1 Hybrid

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Available in April.

Our nucs have local and gentle small cell bees with mite resistant laying.

Rose Pug Honey Farm uses: Wildflower Meadows’ VSH-Italian queens, they are bred exclusively from

instrumentally inseminated VSH breeders, and are selected for mite

resistance, gentleness and rapid spring buildup. VSH stands for Varroa

Sensitive Hygiene, and is one of the keys to keeping healthy,

mite-resistant colonies. The VSH trait was originated from USDA stock in Louisiana, and later developed commercially by a number of US commercial queen breeders.

Bees exhibiting the VSH trait interfere with the reproduction of varroa mites by detecting and removing bee pupae that are infested with varroa mites. Bees that are bred to have high VSH traits are not only vigilant in their resistance to varroa mites, but they are also super-hygienic in general, which gives them excellent natural resistance against American Foulbrood and Chalkbrood.

Hybrid vigor is usually best noted in the first generation of purebred offspring, which is known as an F1 Hybrid.

No detectable mites, and virtually no small hive beetles.

A NUC will include frames with honey, nectar, pollen, capped brood, larvae, eggs, worker and drone bees, and a laying queen.

Will come in a Jester EZ-NUC for transport.

We do not ship NUCs. Local pickup on scheduled dates only.

For orders cancelled or not picked up, a $50.00 fee will be charged per NUC.