Mana Queens

[Josethayil]

Anyone has experience with mana queens? How are they with varroa tolerance, hygienic behaviour and overall behaviour etc?

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Mana Queen | Queen Bees | Queen Breeding Marlborough, NZ

Mana Queen operates 2000 mating nucs in Marlborough and the Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand, producing top performing open mated queens from strong and genetically diverse stock.

www.manaqueen.co.nz

Vanilla Hayes | Mana Queen Showcase

Mana Queen proudly breeds and supplies Varroa-resistant, superior, Lingustica Queen Bees for domestic and export markets with unparalleled genetics and controlled matings.

www.vanillahayes.co.nz

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Mana Queen operates 2000 mating nucs in Marlborough the Marlborough Sounds, producing top performing open mated queens from strong and genetically diverse stock...

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[Alastair]

A few years ago I got some "varroa resistant" queens from them. They were nice Italian queens, large and fat obviously well raised. However they did get varroa same as all the other bees.

However I did not do the necessary testing to see if they got less varroa than the other bees, and there would have been drift from other hives in the same yards so cannot say they did not have some resistance.

I was talking to someone from there a few months ago who assured me their bees are treatment free, so I may get a few more just to try them out.