Hi All
 
Greetings from Eastern Ontario Canada.
 
I have been reading with interest comments of beekeeping from other
areas and thought perhaps beekeepers would be interested in colony
and weather conditions from here.
 
From the comments I hear wintering is generally good, however the
weather this spring is terrible staying extremely cool with above average
precipitation and we are at least 3 weeks behind in springs work.  We
are presently boxing Nucs which we overwinter and sell in the spring
and hope to do the first graft for queens this week.
 
A number of inquiries leads me to clarify some claims concerning the
Buckfast Queens.
Buckfast is a registered trademark of Dart Abbey Enterprises and in
Canada we have 5 Authorized Users and queens from them are the
only ones that are Buckfast, bred and selected as Brother Adam
intended.
 
Names and Addresses of the 5 Authorized Users are as follows;
 
Barry Davies                                    Rick Neilson
RR#1 Seeleys Bay                           RR#1 Stratton
ON. Can. KOH 2NO                      ON. Can.  POW 1NO
Ph. 613 387 3171                             Ph.807 487 2387
 
Paul Montoux                                    Don Amirault
RR#1 Hagersville                               10682 Highway 201
ON. Can. NOA 1HO                        Meadowvalle RR#6
 Ph.905 768 5530                            Kingston, NS. Can. BOP 1RO
 
University Of Guelph
Guelph ON. Can. N1G  2W1
( They do not sell queens to the trade)
 
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Barry
RR#1 Seeleys Bay ON. KOH 2NO Tel.  613  387 3171
Buckfast Queens:  Buckfast is the registered trademark of
Dart Abbey Enterprises Ltd. used under licence by Barry Davies