Seeking varroa resistant bees

This talk by Rhona Toft will look at our experience since stopping varroacides in 2007, the mechanisms of Varroa resistance and suggestions of how to select for Varroa-resistant traits in your own bees”

Rhona is an artisan honey producer and Master Beekeeper based in Worcestershire, a County which provides forage for her bees in the hedgerows, woodland’s, orchards, gardens and fields.

 Rhona, along with her husband Richard, specialises in producing flavoursome  single origin honey from named apiaries, so you know exactly where their honey has come from. Between them, they manage 80 treatment free colonies. Every batch of honey is different, meaning you get to taste the changing seasons and the best of what Worcestershire flora has to offer.