Scientific solutions to practical problems
Established as a natural extension service leveraging basic and field honey bee research at NCSU, the clinic has worked to improve colony health for over 10 years.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Morphometric Analyses:
multiple measures of queen or drone, body and reproductive tract (rearing quality)
Semen Quality:
total sperm count, and sperm viability in queens (mating success), or drones (mating potential)
Genotyping Analyses:
a full assessment of paternity for up to 48 workers and an estimate of queen mating frequency
Quality Report:
Results reporting in an easy to read format
TROUBLESHOOTING
Pathogen Screening: identification of the presence and relative levels of ABPV, BQCV, DWV(A&B), IAPV, LSV, Trypanosomes, and both Nosema species
Mitotyping for Africanization: genetic analyses of maternal ancestry as African or European using population genetic techniques and markers
CUSTOM EXPERIMENTATION
This highly-tailored collaboration involves custom experimental design, analyses, and interpretation. This unique partnership between science and industry has been utilized to
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Test the impact of various agrochemicals
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Assess the effects of banking on queen quality measures
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Evaluate novel management practices’ improvements in queen mating quality
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Observe the effects of shipping on queen health and sperm quality
PRICING
Five Sample Minimum • Bulk Pricing Available
CONTACT US
Ask us about additional targets or tests
919-513-3967
Queen & Disease Clinic
112 Derieux Place
1560 Thomas Hall, North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695