Business analysis laboratory: morphometry and microbiology
In line with our vision, we have deemed it essential to equip our company with an internal laboratory with computerized equipment to carry out morphometric analyses of bee wings in order to identify the various subspecies of Apis mellifera spp. with an average precision of 95.8%, and equipment to be able to analyse the various pathologies related to infections caused by bacteria, viruses and bee parasites.
This has allowed us to have full awareness of our bee park and to carry out a targeted selection in order to have pure, healthy lines to be used subsequently in the various crosses to select genetics in line with our vision.
We then use accredited laboratories to send bee samples or hive matrices for analysis, for which official certifications are required.
Breeding of female lines
In a dynamic breeding program, new female lines of interest enter every year and lines of little interest leave. This allows us to refine our company selection year after year, using breeders that meet the standards of the breeding program.
Breeding of male lines
The selection of male lines is of great importance in our breeding to achieve appreciable results. Only those families of interest from which we intend to take genetic traits are stimulated to produce male brood. Once laid, the male combs are removed and given to other families for breeding. From here also arises a selection for the swarming character, because if in one family the aptitude is lowered, in several others the pre-swarming intervention threshold is raised.
Instrumental Insemination
Instrumental Insemination allows us to have the certainty of the male and female lines for a replicability of the crosses with an increase in the possibility of obtaining appreciable results in a shorter time. Performed within our laboratory by our Company Technician and Beekeeping Expert, Davide Simeone, protocols are guaranteed for semen collection, insemination of the queens and subsequent insertion of the queens into the respective colonies so that both drones and queens undergo the least possible stress in order to maintain the quality of the inseminated queens.
