Predrag:
7. Body size: Looking for uniform body size of worker
subfamilies.

13. Robbing capacity (for the good): Strong hives robbing
out weak and/or non-acclimitized hives.

14. Early and pre-flow build-ups: Early strong brooding
using stored honey/pollen prior to first blooms, instead of
building up only when first blooms start, with good
reworking of comb cells for storage shifts and/or brood.

16. Cluster ability and fanning ability: Being able to
winter well/conserve stores/move as needed and as single
cluster, and also being able to regulate hive temperatures
adequately in hot weather as pertains to both drying
nectar, while keeping broodnest properly cooled and
humidified.



Now list for the bad:


2. Cluster ability and fanning ability: Not able to cluster
as a single unit, excessive consumption of stores, poor
movement as needed during winter, and not able to dry
nectar adequately during hot weather, and not able to keep
brood cool and humidified properly hot weather. 

4. Honey gathering capabilities in complete-flow shutoffs
(long drought with little water, forage not blooming for
the most part): Poor ability to conserve stores and
maintain status quo; poor ability to survival of fittest as
to robbing weaker/non-acclimitized to gain stores.

5. Hive defense in summer vs winter conditions/drought
conditions: Poor ability to keep pests/predators under
control, including other hives/colonies, while yet easy for
field management.

7. Early and pre-flow build-ups (will they build-up on
stored-up stores now granulated): Waiting for first bloom
for fresh nectar/pollen to initiate brooding; and/or no
reworking of combs to resituate stores & prepare cells for
early brooding and/or very little, for early brooding up,
prior to.

8. Weak flow and winter carryover (amount of brood and
strength): Not good on conserving stores for maintaining
strength as needed.  

Respectfully submitted,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers/



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