Sorry, in  my earlier post I stated that Malcolm published a two-part article in Bee Culture, it appeared in American Bee Journal.  My error (typo).  

 

J.J. Bromenshenk
Bee Alert
Missoula, Mt
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Linder <[log in to unmask]>
To: BEE-L <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Fri, Oct 30, 2015 10:59 am
Subject: Re: [BEE-L] patterns of admixture and ancestry in Canadian honey bees


My limited experience with Californian queens is that they are excellent
producers, raising huge amounts of brood, producing a good crop, but that they
overwinter poorly.  

  

I would suggest the issues lies in what we are
looking for.  When we look for large brood producers with rapid buildup,  that
is the opposite of what we want for cold winters.  Large clusters eat more need
more resources  than small cluster less prolific bees.   My experience is not
where the queen was raised,  but the general qualities of that
breed.

Charles

            
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