This Purchase is for Access to the Recorded Workshop on Saturday April 4th, 2pm-4pm EST.
Learn how to identify and select truly mite-resistant colonies using Simplified Harbo scoring, mite washes, and pin-killed brood assays. Through guided worksheets and sample data, participants practice calculating resistance scores and interpreting pass/fail results for potential breeder queens.
We’ll cover how to spot false positives, minimize sampling bias, and set meaningful selection thresholds that lead to real progress.
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This workshop will be conducted by James Lee. He is the President of the Sustainable Beekeepers Guild of Michigan, a virtual educational organization with over 600 local and international members. He is also the founder of the Northern Queen Initiative a mite-resistant queen breeding cooperative and owner of James Lee’s Bees in Romulus, MI where he lives with his wife Rachel and their 5 children. James manages 60-100 colonies pursuing sustainability in apiculture and produces nucs and queens with a focus on hardy Northern climate survivors selected for mite-resistance.
James Lee’s YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@jamesleesbees
Sustainable Beekeepers Guild of Michigan, http://www.sbgmi.org/
Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/sbgmi
Hour 1
| 01 | Survivors vs. Resistance |
| 02 | The Selection Pipeline |
| 03 | Assay Fundamentals |
| 04 | False Positives + Sampling Bias |
| 05 | Thresholds and Failure Rules |
Hour 2
| 06 | Practice Makes Breeders |
| 07 | Computation of Assay Scores |
| 08 | Evidence for a Verdict |
| 09 | Vignettes and False Positives |
| 10 | Closing Discussion |
Bill Morsman (verified owner) –
James explains the importance of not just relying on one hygienic test but how to incorporate multiple test to try and get a more accurate assessment of the colonies. Well put together presentation!!
Tim Roots (verified owner) –
This was an excellent presentation of how to integrate mite washes, harbo testing and pin killed brood assays into a breeding program. It is simplified so that even small operations can document the justification for breeder selection and track progress toward defined goals.
susan h ament (verified owner) –
Excellent. Presenter, James Lee, understands the subject and communicates really well. Organized. Engaging, clarifying slides. I really got my moneys worth of information about evaluating a hive as potential breeding stock. I just upped my beekeeping game.