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Ontario Honeybee Queen, Nucleus and Colony Producers - 2008

Author:	Doug McRory - Provincial Apiarist/OMAFRA
Creation Date:	07 April 2006
Last Reviewed:	13 August 2008

Introduction
Queen and Nuc Producers
Ontario Bee Breeders Association
Breeding and Raising Queens
Queens
List of Ontario Queen and Nuc Producers

Introduction

The following is the list of the beekeepers in Ontario with special permits to sell queens, nucleus hives (nucs) or full sized colonies. Many sell directly to beekeepers, while some sell to bee supply companies. Each has a valid selling permit for this purpose. For more details, contact Doug McRory at 1-888-466-2372 ext. 6-3595.

The disease status is shown on the right hand side of the table.

Abbreviations are used as follows:

HBTM = Honey Bee Tracheal Mite
VAR = Varroa Mite
AFB = American Foulbrood
__/96 = the year that the pest or disease was found.

Producers are permitted to use stock only from locations visually free of AFB for two years or more. If AFB is found at a location, that location is quarantined for two years. A producer that has a location under quarantine will show up as AFB/04 or AFB/05.

Note: Mites are difficult to detect at low levels. The disease status is based on the date of the last inspection. This list is not a guarantee of mite free bees, as the status of a beekeeper can change quite rapidly!

Queen and Nuc Producers

Queen and nuc producers are required to obtain permits from the local inspectors. These permits are valid until the end of September of the following season. A small sticker with the permit number must accompany each shipment. These stickers bear the permit number under which the bees are sold. If a problem occurs, especially with bees purchased through a bee supply company, this number can be used to trace the origin of the bees. Retain this number for future reference. If you would like to sell bees this way, please contact your local bee inspector. For more information as to whom your inspector is, check out the Bee Inspector List on the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs website.

Ontario Bee Breeders Association

Beekeepers join the Ontario Bee Breeders Association (OBBA) to develop their skills as queen producers. The OBBA meets once per year for a special training session. All beekeepers are welcome to join, even if you are not selling bees to other people. It costs $20 per year to belong to the OBBA, which is organized under the Ontario Beekeepers' Association (OBA). OBBA members are listed on the OBA website.

Breeding and Raising Queens

If you decide to raise your own queens, the best book available is "Queen Rearing" by Page and Laidlaw and is available through most Ontario Bee Suppliers. Check the Bee Suppliers List located on the OMAFRA website. The Tech-Transfer Team has developed a "Queen Rearing Manual' available through the OBA office (519-565-2622).

Several beekeepers are participating in a breeding program with the OBA Tech Transfer Specialist, Alison Skinner (519-836-3609). They are working to develop bees that will tolerate HBTM and Varroa mites. All producers that have participated in the breeding program have stocks of bees that now have significant tolerance to HBTM and are showing improved hygienic traits. The beekeepers that have participated in selection programs are indicated in this list by the years of their involvement in each area.

The participating beekeepers have invested a considerable amount into this testing, as they have to pay $200 per year plus $35 per frame for HBTM testing and $150 for the first 10 frames ($50 for each additional 10 frames) for hygienic behavior testing with liquid nitrogen. As a beekeeper, you should utilize this stock at every opportunity. Utilizing this selected stock will reduce the effects of the mites on your bees. If we had resistant queens in every hive in Ontario, we would greatly reduce the effects of the HBTM. We need to use every tool that we can to integrate into a pest management strategy to reduce the effects of the mites on the bees in Ontario. Bees that are bred to resist the mites are one important part of the strategy.

Two producers are certified as Buckfast Bee breeders. There is one Russian breeder, one breeder of Italian and one breeder of the Ontario Bee that was developed in New York State and Ontario. This gives you the opportunity to diversify your genetic pool in each bee yard. Try some queens from each of the breeders and go with those that work best in your management system.

Queens

We encourage you to use Ontario resistant stock. One economical way to accomplish this is to buy queen cells from the producers and introduce these to nucleus hives that will mature for next year. The other way is to purchase breeder queens and produce your own queens from them. Every beekeeper should be raising his or her own queens and be developing his or her own stock. Dr. Tibor Szabo strongly believes that a young queen in the hive is one of the best tools in an integrated pest management scheme for mites. The young queens stimulate brood production in the fall when the bees need a boost to overcome the effects of the mites on the bees preparing for winter.

These tools need to be combined with timely treatments of Mite-AwayIi™ in the spring and fall followed by an Oxalic Acid treatment in the late fall to stay ahead of the mites. Take a look at the 2007 Ontario Recommendations for Honey Bee Disease Control for more information.

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Queen and Nuc Producers

Contact Information	Statistics
Glen Ackroyd 519-934-0006 RR 2, 3649 County Rd. 10 Tara, ON N0H 2N0	VAR/95 HBTM/95 OBBA participant 2005-2008 Hygienic Test 2003, 2006, 2007 Tracheal Mite Resistance Testing/06
Jim Anderson (Tanglewood Honey) 613-628-2890 RR 1, 35548 Hwy 41 Eganville, ON K0J 1T0	VAR/99 No HBTM OBBA participant 1994-2003, 2005 Tracheal Mite Resistance Testing/94-03 Hygienic Testing/97-04 Breeder of Italian queen
Guy Anderson 519-396-3529 482 Kincardine Ave. Kincardine, ON N2Z 2W3	VAR/99 HBTM/99 OBBA partcipant 2006-2008
Allan Bankert (Nith Valley Apiaries) 519-662-3165 RR 2 1041 Christener Rd. Baden, ON N3A 3K7	VAR/96 HBTM/99
Mike Berwick 613-849-8552 RR 5, 692 Slabe St. Madoc, ON K0K 2K0	VAR/96 No HBTM
Stefan Board 705-729-2939 RR 1 Nipissing, ON P0H 1W0	VAR/99 HBTM/06 OBBA Participant 2005-2006
Joseph Boehm 705-646-2363 100 Coveredbridge Trail Bracebridge, ON P1L 1Y2	VAR/03 No HBTM
Steve Boucher 519-524-1195 79773 Orchard Line Goderich, ON N7A 3X8	VAR/03 HBTM/03 OBBA participant 2005
Davis & John Bryans (Munro Honey) 519-847-5333 3115 River St. Alvinston, ON N0N 1A0	VAR/93 HBTM/92 OBBA participant 1995-2008 Tracheal Mite Resistance Testing/95-06 Hygienic Testing/97-07
Roger and Tom Congdon (Sunparlor Honey) 519-839-4000 RR 1 Cottam, ON N0R 1B0	VAR/95 HBTM/99
Dan Davidson 519-849-5751 RR 7, 8664 Churchill Line Watford, ON N0M 2S0	VAR/93 HBTM/93 OBBA participant 2005-2008 Tracheal Mite Resistance Testing/04-06 Hygienic Testing/04-07
Peter Dickey (S&P Apiaires/Dickey Bee Honey) 705-431-1257 2720 Wildwood Place Innisfill, ON L9S 3L2	VAR/96 HBTM/97 OBBA participant 2007-2008
Mary Eaton 705-248-2021 RR 4, 537 Lakeview Rd. Echo Bay, ON P0S 1C0	VAR/97 No HBTM OBBA particpant 2005-2008
Lyle Edmonstone 519-684-7178 Box 344, 64 Albert St. Plattsville, ON N0J 1S0	VAR/96 HBTM/97
Russel Fear 519-522-0438 RR 2 Seaforth, ON N0K 1W0	VAR/96 HBTM/99
Murray Fear 519-357-3656 RR 2 Wingham, ON N0G 2W0	VAR/94 HBTM/99 OBBA participant 2006-2008
Bill Ferguson (Ferguson Apiaries) 519-263-4979 RR 2 Hensall, ON N0M 1X0	VAR/95 HBTM/97 OBBA participant 1992-2008 Tracheal Mite Resistance Testing/92/06 Hygenic Testing/97-07
David Gale 519-453-7363 1481 Kilally Rd. London, ON N5V 5A2	VAR/96 HBTM/99 OBBA participant 2004-2008
Clare Gerber 519-357-4347 RR 2 Wingham, ON N0G 2W0	VAR/02 HBTM/02 OBBA participant 2006-2008
Paul Gillett 705-326-9732 RR 5, 3267 Wainman Line Coldwater, ON L0K 1E0	VAR/99 HBTM/99 OBBA participant 2006-2008
Horst Goeldner 416-265-0698 33 Penzance Dr. Toronto, ON M1K 4Z4	VAR/01 HBTM/01 OBBA participant 2008 Tracheal Mite Resistance Testing/96-05
Everton Graham Home: 416-241-3189 Cell: 416-505-4641 1404 Wilson Ave. North York, ON M3M 1J7	VAR/98 HBTM/01
Brent Halsall 613-821-2383 RR 2, 7328 Stone School Rd. Greely, ON K4P 1M3	VAR/98 No HBTM
Blake and Roger Hardy 613-961-1796 16 Riverside Crescent Foxboro, ON K0K 2B0	VAR/04 HBTM/05 AFB - 3 Yards
Stephanie Harper 613-928-3009 362 Sweet's Corner Rd. Lyndhurst, ON K0E 1N0	VAR/02 No HBTM
Paul Hayden 416-930-4642 24 Kindy St. Markham, ON L2E 1T3	VAR/98 HBTM/01
J. Henderson 807-767-5897 430 Gus Wuori Rd. Thunder Bay, ON P7G 2G6	No VAR No HBTM
Chris & Christy Hiemstra (Clovermead Apiaries) 519-773-5503 1102 Imperial Rd. Aylmer, ON N5H 2R3	VAR/98 HBTM/98
Steve & Diane Hills 519-934-3013 RR 2 Tara, ON N0H 2N0	VAR/96 HBTM/96 OBBA participant 2005-2008
Simon Hoad 807-345-2432 372 North Court Thunder Bay, ON P7A 4Y1	No Var No HBTM
Robert Ireland (Ireland Apiaries) 519-925-1441 RR 4 Shelburne, ON L0N 1S8	HBTM/96 VAR/95 AFB/04 - 1 beeyard OBBA participant 1992-2005 Tracheal Mite Resistance Testing/02-05 Hygienic Testing/02-05
Reimund Jakubowski (Sudbury Bee Supply) 705-566-2636 2741 Kingsway Sudbury, ON P3B 2G3	VAR/01
Jerry Jerrard (Kawartha Lakes Honey) 705-738-5374 RR 2, 465 Colony Rd. Bobcaygeon, ON K0M 1A0	VAR/99 No HBTM OBBA participant 2006
Lionel Junkin 705-564-7842 983 Raymond St. Hanmer, ON P3P 1S2	VAR/00 No HBTM
David Kains 705-377-6041 Site 8, Box 14 Mindemoya, ON P0P 1S0	VAR/97 HBTM/01
Paul Kelly (No direct sales) 519-835-5131 351 St. Patrick St. E. Fergus, ON N1M 1M7	VAR/97 HBTM/01 OBBA participant 2005-2008
Paul Kelly (No direct sales) 519-824-4120 Apiculture Field Lab, University of Guelph 3108 Stone Rd. E. Guelph, ON N1G 2W1	VAR/94 HBTM/91
Zenon Kohut (Zenon Bee) 519-647-9796 RR 1, 1861 2nd Concession Lynden, ON L0R 1T0	VAR/99 HBTM/99 OBBA participant 2005-2008
Al Kozlowski 807-939-1625 RR 5 Thunder Bay, ON P7C 5M9	No Varroa No HBTM
Rick Krystal (Krystal Apiaries) 519-221-2685 144 Elmira Rd. N. Guelph, ON N1K 1Y9	VAR/05 HBTM/05
Phil Laflamme 613-259-5553 RR 3 Lanark, ON K0G 1K0	VAR/98 No HBTM OBBA participant 1996-2008 Breeder of the "Ontario Bee" Tracheal Mite Resistance Testing/94-05 Hygienic Testing/97-06
Pierre Lefebvre 705-248-3374 117 MacLennan Rd. Echo Bay, ON P0S 1C0	VAR/00 No HBTM
Harold Martin 90332 Forest Line Wroxeter, ON N0G 2X0	VAR/99 HBTM/99
Tom McGee 519-924-2936 RR 2 Flesherton, ON N0C 1E0	VAR/00 HBTM/00 OBBA participant 2005
David & Astrid Moffat 705-295-4354 RR 3 Indian River, ON K0M 2B0	VAR/97 HBTM/01
Jeanette Momot 807-939-1233 RR 6 Thunder Bay, ON P7C 5N5	No VAR No HBTM
Paul Montoux (Monty's Beesness) 905-768-5530 RR 1 Hagersville, ON N0A 1H0	VAR/95 HBTM/95 OBBA participant 1992-2008 Buckfast Breeder Tracheal Mite Resistance Testing/92-03 Hygienic Testing/97-07
Tom Morrisey 705-329-3043 2400 Warminster Rd. Orillia, ON L3V 6H2	VAR/99 HBTM/99
Pat Morton (Moreland Honey House) 519-925-1441 RR 4, 507313 Hwy 89 Shelburne, ON L0N 1S8	VAR/01 HBTM/00
Donald B. Murray 519-462-2482 RR 3 Woodstock, ON N4S 7V7	VAR/99 HBTM/99
Peer Nielsen 705-769-1549 RR 1, 1515 Fishhatchery Rd. Utterson, ON P0B 1M0	VAR/95 HBTM/98
Yun Kyu (Brian) Oh 905-737-3519 16 Reditt Crt. Richmond Hill, ON L4C 7S4	VAR/97 HBTM/01
Eugen Oprea 905-665-0206 208-101 White Oaks Crt. Whitbyl, ON L1P 1A1	VAR/97 HBTM/01
Jon Perrin 705-359-1228 RR 2 Cameron, ON K0M 1G0	VAR/97 HBTM/05
Mike Perrin 705-359-1505 RR 2 Cameron, ON K0M 1G0	VAR/97 HBTM/05
Francois Petit (Pilgrim Community Ventures) 613-527-2729 3325 Loch Garry Rd. Apple Hill, ON K0C 1B0	VAR/98 No HBTM OBBA participant 1998-2008 Breeder of Russian Bees Tracheal Mite Resistance Testing/98-06 Hygienic Testing/98-07 Apistan� Resistant Varroa/03
Victor Pokhudoun 613-596-5975 8-372 Zephyr Ave. Ottawa, ON K2B 6A1	VAR/97 HBTM/01
Vern Price 613-928-1067 RR 2, 108 Weeks Rd. Lyndhurst, ON K0E 1N0	VAR/03 No HBTM
Glenn Rae 519-794-0939 PO Box 168, 101 Railroad St. Holland Centre, ON N0H 1R0	VAR/02 HBTM/02
Shawn Redick 519-898-9972 PO Box 208, 3218 River St. Alvinston, ON N0N 1A0	VAR/96 HBTM/96 OBBA Participant 2004-2005 Tracheal Mite Resistance Testing/05 Hygenic Testing/05-06
Graham Roberts 519-599-3063 Box 441 Thornbury, ON N0H 2P0	VAR/98 HBTM/99
Alton Robotham 416-433-1202 5 Irwin Rd Etobicoke, ON M9W 2P6	VAR/01 HBTM/01
Kelly Rogers & Toby Bruce (Chatsworth Honey) 519-794-3335 446 5^th Ave. E. Owen Sound, ON N4K 2R5	VAR/96 HBTM/98 OBBA participant 1995, 1998-2008 Tracheal Mite Resistance Testing/95-06 Hygienic Testing/98-07
Erika & Dave Schuit (Saugeen Cty Honey) 519-364-2000 RR 1 Hanover, ON N4N 3B8	VAR/01 HBTM/01 OBBA participant 2005
Daniel & Tracy Seguin (Creekbend Farm) 705-594-1087 28 Poirier Rd. Verner, ON P0H 2M0	VAR/01
Paul Semkiw 705-454-8940 RR 1, 219 8^th Line Laxton Norland, ON K0M 2L0	VAR/95 HBTM/04
Noel Shank (Ruche Bee-Care-Full Apiary) 705-897-5565 2323 Dominion Dr. Hanmer, ON P3P 1W3	VAR/01 No HBTM Hygienic Testing/05-06 OBBA participant 2004-2008
Bryan Shanks 905-852-6494 745 Zephyr Rd. Uxbridge, ON L9P 1R2	VAR/97 HBTM/01
Alison Skinner 519-821-9692 123 Elizabeth St Guelph, ON N1E 2X4	VAR/98 HBTM/98 OBBA participant 2004-2008
Alison Skinner 519-836-3609 5420 Hwy 6 North Guelph, ON N1H 6J2	VAR/98 HBTM/98
Robert Slusar 807-939-2995 RR 1, 1891 22nd Sideroad Thunder Bay, ON P7K 1G8	NoVAR No HBTM
Gholamneza Sojoodi 519-763-1350 4-125 Cole Rd. Guelph, ON N1G 4S8	VAR/97 HBTM/01
Michael Sounak (Sunny Honey) 519-647-9796 RR 1, 1861 2nd Concession Lynden, ON L0R 1T0	VAR/01 HBTM/01
Luella Spencley (Battens Apiary) 705-748-9852 257 Woodward Ave. Peterborough, ON K9L 1K1	VAR/97 HBTM/01
Carmenie Stemmler 519-986-4980 RR 7, 735532 West Back Line Markdale, ON N0C 1H0	VAR/00 HBTM/00
Tibor Szabo 519-763-2715 RR 1, 309 Hume Rd. Puslinch, ON N0B 2J0	VAR/96 No HBTM OBBA participant 1994-2008 Breed 7 generations for Varroa resistance
Tibor Szabo Jr. 519-836-5617 89 Gosling Gardens Guelph, ON N1G 5E7	VAR/96 HBTM/99
Mark Taziar 519-828-3452 RR 3, 30216 Wilson Rd. Kerwood, ON N0M 2B0	VAR/03 HBTM/03 OBBA Participant 2007-2008
John Van Blyderveen (Oxford Honey & Supplies) 519-550-1096 385296 Oxford County Rd. 59 Burgessville, ON N0J 1C0	VAR/99 HBTM/99 OBBA participant 2005-2008
Dan and Betty Walker 519-245-5361 RR 1, 9237 Scotchmere Rd. Strathroy, ON N7G 3H3	VAR/95 HBTM/98 OBBA participant 1993-2008 Tracheal Mite Resistance Testing/93-06 Hygenic Testing/97-07
Nicole & Curly Wojtalik 807-977-1090 RR 1, Road 5 South Pass Lake, ON P0T 2M0	No VAR No HBTM OBBA participant 2005-2008
Orville Zavitz 519-443-8746 RR 4 Simcoe, ON N3Y 4K3	VAR/01 HBTM/01 OBBA participant 2004-2008
H. Walter Zimmerman (Little Wolf Apiaries) 905-957-0833 RR 3, 9618 Concession 2 Rd. Caistor Centre, ON L0R 1E0	VAR/01 HBTM/01 OBBA participant 2007-2008

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