Russian Bees Russian bees are relatively new to North America, coming to the United States in 1997 from the Primorsky region in Russia. They were brought in by the Agricultural Research Service because they have a natural resistance to Varroa and Tracheal mites.
They became charter members of the Russian Honey Bee Breeders Association in 2008. Coy’s is currently the only large, migratory outfit to move to Russian stock. Significantly, this was done to increase honey production and reduce losses, not to produce and sell queens to the beekeeping public.
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Members of the Russian Honeybee Breeders Association (RHBA) will present a day long program on queen rearing during the Short Course on Tuesday, August 14 th. RHBA has, since its incorporation on November 1, 2007, worked to improve Varroa mite tolerance of the Russian honeybee.
Honey bee on composite flower. Photo by Dr. Philip K. Wittman Scientists in the ARS Beneficial Insects Research Unit at Weslaco, Texas, have found that a strain of the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae is deadly to Varroa mites, such as this one on an adult worker honey bee’s thorax.
The Russian line of bees has been very carefully crafted and managed over the years by the Russian Honeybee Breeders Association and the USDA, and Foley’s Russian Bees holds their efforts in the highest regard and strives to live by their example.
The Russian honey bee in this country has been constantly improved upon for the last 15+ years, and most of the bad press that circulates regarding this stock is not accurate. I invite each of you to form your own personal opinion of this stock by acquiring a few production queens from certified members , testing them out in your apiaries, and please give us your feedback.
Russian Honeybee Breeders Association, Inc. The idea of a Russian Bee Breeders Association was conceived in the late 1990s. Members of the USDA Agricultural Research Service Baton Rouge bee lab and industry cooperators foresaw the value and need for such a group.
The Russian Honey Bee Breeders Association worked with the staff at the Baton Rouge Bee Lab to establish standards and qualifications for our members. Their purpose is to ensure the highest degree of genetic integrity in the Russian Honey Bee Program.
“Russian honey bees” and Russian hybrids are advertised for sale by non-RHBA members. There is very little chance these so-called “Russians” are pure bred and they are unlikely to have the exceptional characteristics of pure-bred Russian honey bees.