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Ron Hoskins and Hygienic Bees - 12 months on

You may recall this news item from last year:

'Ron’s buzzing after £6k grant success
By Emma Dunn
Swindon Advertiser - October 2, 2010
The beekeeper who may have saved the honey bee population is delighted after receiving a grant from the British Beekeepers’ Association. Ron Hoskins, who has been beekeeping for 67 years, has been awarded a £6,000 research grant, to help him continue in his quest against the deadly parasitic mite, varroa. Ron, who is nearly 80, spent 14 years trying to find a cure for the mite, which attacks honey bees, and wants to use the money to help get other beekeepers involved.
Link to article in Swindon Advertiser'

The next edition of 'Beekeeping' will feature a report on Ron's progress and how to identify useful hygienic traits in your bees.

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Photograph of an immature bee's antenna and an immature varroa mite. Why should these appear on the varroa monitoring tray under your hive? Read all about it in the next edition of DBKA's journal - 'Beekeeping'.