Good, Solid Science
Good science is good business
Over the last 30+ years, Dr. Steven Thoenes and his team have gathered some of the richest data sets in existence about the flight and reproductive patterns of the Africanized Honey Bee. These data have been used to pioneer a number of now industry-standard techniques, including use of pheromonal lures for both preventative and post-removal bee control.
Additional contributions include innovative use of non-pesticide bee control methods, fast-acting feral honey bee treatments developed with urban settings in mind, and the use of swarm traps to control bees in high population city settings.
What We are working on
The biggest project we are currently working on is creating the “perfect” modern honey bee.
Our goal is simple: to use good old-fashioned animal husbandry to genetically guide our population of bees to gain all of the traits we want in a honey bee: ample honey production, numerous offspring, little to no disease, and an incredibly gentle, easygoing demeanor.
Now, you might be asking: what’s wrong with the bees we have now? - great question.
We are working on a blog about the details of the program, but in the meantime if you need more details on it, please reach out to us by clicking here!
Other programs we are actively perusing include:
Cooperative research with Dr. Ethel Villalobos (University of Hawaii at Manoa), on our bee’s natural resistance to varroa mite infestations.
Work with Dr. Donald Brightsmith (Texas A&M University), to develop a bee control system that protects large tropical birds, such as the scarlet Macaw, from being killed by nest- invading Africanized Bees.
Both programs are underway and we will disclose more about their progress as time goes on.
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