HARDY - HYGIENIC  - MITE RESISTANT

ISOLATED MATING YARDS

WORK @ COOLER TEMPERATURES

ORDER OUR QUEENS:ACCEPTING ORDERS FOR JULY - OCTOBER  

UNLIKE SOUTHERN BREEDERS, OUR CLIMATE PREVENTS US FROM PRODUCING SPRING QUEENS. REQUEENING IN THE FALL OF THE YEAR, AFTER THE HONEY FLOW HAS SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGES. YOUNG WELL-MATED QUEENS LAY LONGER INTO THE FALL.  PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FOOD SUPPLEMENTS WILL PRODUCE HEALTHY BROOD WITH ADEQUATE  FAT RESERVES ABLE TO SURVIVE  PROLONGED, COOL WET SPRINGS. CONSERVATIVE WINTER CLUSTERS BUILD-UP QUICKLY IN THE SPRING WHEN FEED BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Photo is of 100% Hygienic Behavior testing results of our Wild Survivor Stock after only 24hrs... Notice how perfectly the industrious bees have cleaned and varnished all the cells with propolis!...read more about the background and lab reports for this colony

2012 Danish report verifys "nosema tolerance" is possible...read more here

OWA Stock scores high for VSH trait in recent USDA tests

Russian honeybee linked to nosema tolerence...read more here

Olympic Wilderness Apiary bees are demonstrating improved nosema tolerance...read more here

"CATCH THE BUZZ" reports on the  CCD / Nosema connection ...research from the USDA identifies a new potential cause for “Colony Collapse Disorder” in honeybees.  A group of pathogens including a fungus and a family of viruses may be working together to cause the decline..."

Scientists and Soldiers collaborate to solve bee mystery:.. n. ceranae  implicated in Colony Collapse Disorder... October 2010

OWA featured in OnEarth Magazine February 2012

OWA is featured  in the  AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL

OWA is featured in BEE CULTURE MAGAZINE about the work we are doing with the "Olympic Peninsula Wild Survivor Bees" ...

OWA IN OUR LOCAL NEWS:

OWA featured in "Living On The Peninsula" magazine.. 

OWA in the Seattle Met... and

OWA in our home town Peninsula Daily News.