Exploring Sustainable Beekeeping: Varroa Mite Resistance and Native Bee Diversity

The Poor Prole’s Almanac

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Home & Garden, Science, Nature, Leisure, Education, How To

5 • 761 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Dr. John Kefuss began experimenting with the possibility of breeding resistant bees before it was known it could be done. He promotes his "Bond Method" of selection as both more healthy and economical than chemical treatment for both bees and their keepers. We discuss his evolution on beekeeping after practicing beekeeping across the world, from both Americas & Europe, and what 50 years of beekeeping, 25 of which treatment free, has taught him about this timeless practice. Check out his recent study from 2015 on treatment-free beekeeping: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00218839.2016.1160709 To support this podcast, join our patreon for early episode access at www.patreon.com/poorprolesalmanac For more information and updates, visit www.poorproles.com and subscribe to our e-mail list. For the supplemental reader that goes along with the podcast, visit poorprolesalmanac.substack.com

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome back to the pork rolls almanac. I'm your host, Andy, and today we have a special guest, Dr. John Kifis,
0:22.3	joining us all the way from France to discuss lessons learned over a half decade of beekeeping.
0:28.4	We chat about treatment-free beekeeping, bond testing, soft bond testing, and really the role
0:34.5	beekeepers play not as managers, but as collaborators in honeybee survival.
0:40.9	John's dedicated the past 30 years to treatment-free beekeeping, and we talk extensively about might management.
0:49.2	John has stewarded honeybees across the globe and has some really interesting insights about the future of beekeeping.
0:55.7	I think you will all really enjoy this episode. John's extensive background and informative role
1:01.0	in beekeeping across the globe cannot be understated. So take a listen. Let us know what you think.
1:12.7	John, thanks so much for coming on.
1:14.5	Please introduce yourself.
1:15.9	Okay, my name is John Kifis.
1:19.4	I'm originally from the United States, born in Ypsilani, Michigan, lived in Ohio, worked in the West, also down in Texas, with bees.
1:35.0	And then went to New York to get my PhD under Dr. Rothenbilly in Oberosal, Germany.
1:42.6	And then after that, then moved down to southern France
1:47.0	to start, uh, rurring, uh, rearing queens. And so that's what I've been doing. Awesome. And you
1:53.8	were in South America for a little while, right? Yeah, I have, uh, the operation Pacific Queens in
1:59.4	South America.
2:01.9	And normally my partner is going to finish buying me out next year.
2:07.5	So that means I still own part of it.
2:09.3	But we specialize in the pollination of avocados.
2:15.0	My part on it was rearing of queens and pollen production. We did some
2:19.6	genetic selection on bees for pollen production and because we shipped frozen pollen to
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