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Re: Italian, Carniolan, Mixed
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 13 Jul 2018 07:22:28 -0700
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> >They keep talking about the “big breeders” but only a small percentage of
> colonies come from those sources, and I doubt most of them are maintaining
> pure lines either.


The big producers sell about a million queens a year, so not a small
percentage.  And yes, they are open mated, so any claim of "purity," unless
the producer has an isolated mating yard, is silly.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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