>In particular, I view the Italians & the Carniolans as color variants.
Have you ever tried introducing Carniolan queens into an Italian colony?
In my experience, Carniolans are more environmentally responsive than are
Italians.
I was trying to find what subspecies the Russian bees are derived from.
They are an entirely different bee than are Italians!
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
530 277 4450
ScientificBeekeeping.com
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