1. PA Queen Bee Improvement Program

2.  "This project supported [in part] by the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. SARE is a program of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture."

4.  Jeff Berta-Slippery Rock  Mark Gingrich-Dover  Roger Williams-Manchester  Warren Miller-State College  Jeremy Barnes-York  Kathleen Berta-Warren  Bobby Lee Hawrenko-Saxonburg  Maryann Frazier-PSU  Christina Grozinger-PSU

5.  SARE 2011-Russians & Carniolan  SARE 2012- Carniolan & Ontario Buckfast  SARE 2013- AI queens w/ the PA Survivors  SARE 2014-AI queen daughter share w/ local clubs  Do you want to help?

12. Drone comb above excluder 25 days prior

14.  Pa Virgins and Ontario Buckfast Virgins  Crossed w/ Survivor Stock Drone Semen

19.  No Chemical treatments  Survived 2 Winter

20.  Measure Frames  Brood and Honey

21.  Count Mites

22.  Powder sugar is sifted over the bees  Parasitic mites fall to bottom  Counted and recorded

23.  Excess honey is weighed

24.  Record Data  Using UPC/QR Code

25.  Upload data  Using iPhone  Beetight database  Accessed by all

27.  Quality Score  QS= FB + FH - Mites

29.  What does it really mean?  Does it live through the Winter?

31.  Jeff Berta-Always Summer Herbs.com, LLC  Slippery Rock, PA  724.735.4700  Mark Gingrich-Gingrich Apiaries, LLC  Dover,/York, PA