Adam Finkelstein & Kelly Rausch

We've been working bees together since 1995

Adam has a broad background in Agriculture and Biological sciences. Kelly is a Biologist at the NIH. She and Adam work bees, cross and evaluate queens and extract and pack their honey in the beautiful Catoctin Valley, near Frederick, Maryland, U.S.A.

VP Queen Bees received a SARE farmer grant from the USDA to research ways to select queen bees for mite tolerance. Using the Alcohol Wash Assay, we tested breeder queen candidates. Research Results

Read about us in the:

Washington Post article: "In Search of a Better Bee", 12/17/2011

Local Newspaper article , 01/14/12.

Picture of Adam and Kelly: Washington Post

View the Voice of America movie and interview: Artificial Insemination Could Breed Better Bee , 6/05/12.

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Photo Credit: Linda Davidson / The Washington Post

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