The USDA-ARS Baton Rouge Bee Lab has bred bees that hygienically remove mite-infested pupae from capped worker brood. This ability is called varroa sensitive hygiene, and bees expressing high levels of this behavior are called VSH bees. To select for the VSH trait in your bees, also see Selecting for Varroa Sensitive Hygiene
…Breeding Bees for Resistance to Parasites and Diseases

A National Research and Extension Initiative to Reverse Pollinator Decline
This is part of an ongoing series of updates from the Managed Pollinator CAP. Additional installments can be found at the:
More information about the CAP can be found at:
CAP Updates: 9
Greg Hunt, Purdue University
- Jointly published in the American Bee Journal and in Bee Culture, July 2010.
Those of you who have been …
Instrumental Insemination of Honey Bee Queens
Instrumental Insemination of Honey Bee Queens
Insemination Techniques
- Eversion of the Honey Bee Drone Endophallus for Insemination
- Semen Collection for Artificial Insemination in Honey Bees
- Insemination of the Honey Bee Queen
- Field Dissection of the Honey Bee Queen Spermatheca
Saline Recipe for Queen Insemination
Instrumental Insemination of Honey Bee Queens
Insemination Techniques
- Eversion of the Honey Bee Drone Endophallus for Insemination
-
Semen Collection for Artificial Insemination in Honey Bees
- Saline Recipe
- Insemination of the Honey Bee Queen
- Field Dissection of the Honey Bee Queen Spermatheca
These pages
Eversion of the Honey Bee Drone Endophallus for Insemination
Instrumental Insemination of Honey Bee Queens
Insemination Techniques
- Eversion of the Honey Bee Drone Endophallus for Insemination
- Semen Collection for Artificial Insemination in Honey Bees
- Insemination of the Honey Bee Queen
- Field Dissection of the Honey Bee Queen Spermatheca
These pages
Semen Collection for Artificial Insemination in Honey Bees
Instrumental Insemination of Honey Bee Queens
Insemination Techniques
- Eversion of the Honey Bee Drone Endophallus for Insemination
- Semen Collection for Artificial Insemination in Honey Bees
- Insemination of the Honey Bee Queen
- Field Dissection of the Honey Bee Queen Spermatheca
These pages
Insemination of the Honey Bee Queen
Instrumental Insemination of Honey Bee Queens
Insemination Techniques
- Eversion of the Honey Bee Drone Endophallus for Insemination
- Semen Collection for Artificial Insemination in Honey Bees
- Insemination of the Honey Bee Queen
- Field Dissection of the Honey Bee Queen Spermatheca
These pages
Field Dissection of the Honey Bee Queen Spermatheca
Instrumental Insemination of Honey Bee Queens
Insemination Techniques
- Eversion of the Honey Bee Drone Endophallus for Insemination
- Semen Collection for Artificial Insemination in Honey Bees
- Insemination of the Honey Bee Queen
- Field Dissection of the Honey Bee Queen Spermatheca
These pages
Testing Honey Bee Colonies for Hygienic Behavior

It is relatively easy to determine if a colony of bees displays hygienic behavior by testing them using one of the methods described below.
- The methods described here are illustrated in the following poster “Testing for Hygienic Behavior” Download a .pdf here.
Two best methods to test for hygienic behavior
