>>A.m.m..... Last year I started with 120 colonies, produced 5.5 
tonnes of honey...

Very nice.  I visited my beekeeping uncle in Poland a few weeks ago.  
He keeps 100 colonies and gets 5 tonnes of honey in an average year.  
Do you practice migratory beekeeping?  My uncle does.  A stationary 
apiary in his area would produce a lot less.

I noted his bees looked very dark but unlike the Carniolans we have 
in the US.  He produces his own queens and only occasionally swaps a 
couple of queens with other beekeepers to raise drones with different 
genetics.

His bees seemed a bit more defensive than mine although qucikly 
responded to smoke and run a little more on the frame.  I wonder if 
his bees have A.m.m. genetics...  The queens were typically very dark 
with occasional yellow spots along the bottom of the abdomen.

>>What I also would like to know: is anyone keeping A.m.m. in the US??
Pass!

From what I've hard, I think A.m.m. could do very well in the wet, 
cool Northwest of the US.

Waldemar

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