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Re: The future of bee breeding
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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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Mon, 13 May 2019 08:42:34 -0700
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> >So what is the future of bee breeding?
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Same as ever--to make any progress, or to maintain a stock, one needs to
control matings.
That can be done by one of two methods--instrumental insemination of ALL
breeder queens, or flooding of the mating yards by commercial breeders who
control the genetics of every single queen in their operation.


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

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