The new wiz band honey bee pioneered out of Canada is the SASKATRAZ. I have only read about these queens. Do any beeks have actual experience with these bees, I would like to know your opinion?? Just curious. The traits are:
Good honey production
Good wintering
Tracheal mite resistance
Gentle
Varroa tolerant/resistance and brood diseases
These are the advertised claims. Kind of to good to be true to me, I am a skeptic, so I am asking if any can verify these SASKATRAZ honey bees.
www.sasketraz.comYep, it?s own web page. I believe Olivarez Honey Bees is the only seller of this strain.
Oh on another note, I have Ehrlichiosis, tick fever from my bee yard. I planted clover in my apiary, which attracted the deer, which brought in the ticks to my bee yard. Dang ticks, this disease is the most awful thing I have experienced. Two weeks later, today, I can now work my bees again. Now I wear boots sprayed with repellent when I walk in my apiary.
Blessings