Illustrative image of Klagenfurt, Austria. A former Austrian police officer is not just managing dozens of hives but also engages in queen bee breeding just a few years after retiring from his day job. (NewsX/Bee)
Gerhad Kottek speaks in undated footage. He is an apiarist from Tannheim, Baden-Wrttemberg State - and one of the initiators of the Varroa Resistance Project 2033. (NewsX/Bee)
German Beekeepers Want To Wipe Out Varroa By 2033
Picture shows what appear to be Spanish bees (Apis mellifera iberiensis), undated. The Ministry for Agriculture and Nutrition announced it would inject EUR 250,000 (GBP 219,000) into a new queen-breeding initiative on the Balearic Islands in support of the Spanish bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis). (NewsX/Bee)