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Calling all citizen scientist beekeepers; 

Old Sol would like to invite all to participate in our Survivor Stock Selection and Distribution Program.  This program is an opportunity to identify superior breeder queens, provide a source for identification and distribution of thoroughly vetted survivor stock genetics.  Participants in this program will be provided access to an on-line database to document queen performance and colony traits, as well as images with field notes. Suggested best practices and protocols will be built in to the system.  After the each selection period, the top 1%-3% performers will be chosen for propagation and distribution of two daughters to each participant the following season (total of minimum of three queens for the enrollment fee).

          Each of the program queens will be marked and specifically associated with its breeder mother and then shipped with an enrollment fee of $100.00 (plus shipping) and access to enter data to the publicly viewable Queen Tracker pages on our site.   Superior performing daughters will be chosen as breeders the following year from the participants with the best data and results.  The selected breeder queens will be subsequently returned to Old Sol for propagation and distribution of daughters for each participant whose queens were not chosen. Ten program daughter queens will be sent to the beekeepers whose queens are identified as the best breeder stock candidates and returned to Old Sol.   

Participants can better the plight of the honeybee by helping identify productive pest/pathogen tolerant queens.  The Survivor Stock Selection Program is a team effort and with solid data collection we will be able to make progress towards improved honeybee genetics and distribute the rewards of our efforts to the apicultural community.  This is a great opportunity for all beekeepers and we sincerely look forward to your participation.

John B Jacob

Old Sol Enterprises