About this episode
Monika Leleń discusses her work as a queen breeder in Poland, producing 35,000 virgin queens annually.
Monika is a polish queen breeder. Together with her team they produce a staggering 35000 virgin queens for sale each year. This is a popular way to purchase queens in Poland. They also produce mated and instrumentally inseminated queens. Monika’s team uses a range of techniques that lead them to achieve incredibly high levels of efficiency in the production of quality queens. You can follow Monika’s work here. https://www.facebook.com/akademiapszczelarza https://pasieka-szeligow.pl/ Join the podcast Facebook community group - This is a great place to comment on the episode, share some of your own tips or just say hi! https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee Podcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia) https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/ Email Brent brent@nixonqueenbees.com.au Special thanks to Marc Hillen and Anita Long for helping to set up this interview. Photo by Marc Hillen Episode Music https://audionautix.com/
People in this episode
Host: Brent Nixon
Guest: Monika Leleń
Topics covered
- queen breeding
- beekeeping
- efficiency techniques
- Poland
- honeybee production
Keywords
- queen breeder
- honeybee
- Poland
- virgin queens
- mated queens
- inseminated queens
- beekeeping techniques
Sponsors
Nixon Queen Bees
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: akademiapszczelarza, pasieka-szeligow.pl
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