Hello fellow beekeepers I have been following this thread, queen 
longevity in my breeder hives has been about three to four years I have 
had some to last as long as 6 years she superseded in 2012. I currently 
have one that is four years old and going on five. All my breeder stock 
is clipped and marked the mark does go away but the clipped wing never 
comes back. I do not think that it is because they are Russian but 
because I do not use chemicals in my bees. One beekeeper mention that 
the white line in the Russian queens released in 2000 superseded that is 
true they were in constant supersede mode even in the winter that line 
did not survive.

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Harper's Honey Farm
Charles Harper
421 Louveteau Rd.
Carencro, LA 70520
www.russianbreeder.com
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