News from the bee breeding front:

excerpts from
CAP Updates: 16
by Marla Spivak, University of Minnesota
http://www.extension.org/pages/58424/

> While the Managed Pollinator CAP team continues to unravel causes of bee mortality, we are also laying the groundwork for ways to keep bees healthy in the future. Goal 4 of our four-year project is to: "Deliver research knowledge to client groups by developing a technology transfer program for queen breeders and literature on Best Management and Conservation Practices for managed pollinators as an eXtension Community of Practice"

> Over the years, two things became very evident about the California Bee Breeders: 1) They are extremely competent and produce high quality, well-mated queens to supply beekeepers throughout the nation; 2) the complexity of breeding for pathogenic resistance, while maintaining productive characteristics and pollination efficiency, requires professional assistance to help bee breeders improve stock selection, enhance genetic diversity, and to perform disease diagnostics.
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