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Dr David Tarpy

Dancing Queen: see that girl

This is the first of two posts about the VSBA 2015 Fall Meeting. See my prior post for a short summary of the meeting. This  post is about the two talks given by Dr. David Tarpy on queen quality and the bee testing clinic at the North Carolina State University (NCSU).

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November 8, 2015Erik ABBA, Dancing Queen, Dr David Tarpy, Genetics, NCSU, Queen Bees, Queen Rearing, Sex Locus, Spermatheca 5 Comments

Dancing Queen

VSBAThe Virginia State Beekeepers Association 2015 Fall Meeting was held this weekend at Blue Ridge Community College in Weyers Cave, Virginia. This is less than two hours from my house, so I woke up in the wee hours to drive through the beautiful Shenandoah Mountains to attend the meeting.

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November 8, 2015Erik ABBA, Blue Ridge Community College, Bohemian Rhapsody, Dancing Queen, Dr David Tarpy, Dr Ernesto Guzman, Master Beekeeper Program, VSBA 5 Comments
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