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> Would you please mention which producers have what you would consider
> good Russian queens? How does a lay beekeeper tell?
I'm sorry, I can't. I just took a snapshot of a graph on the lab wall
and asked Jose a few questions. I'm sure I'll ask a few more, now that
I realise the impact of the idea. Nnetheless, I would guess that the
identies are confidential.
Someday -- soon, I hope -- someone will have to bell this cat and start
naming names.
For now, Backwoods Apiaries in TN (if I got that right) does tests for
breeders who care enough to be working on TM tolerance. It is expensive
and takes time, and results are, I assume again, confidential.
Nonethless, if anyone knows the proprietor, I am sure he/she would be
happy to name breeders who are using the service, without saying who is
good and who is bad.
I should think that anyone who has used the service at all heavily for a
few years should be improving over time, so that would be an indicator.
Of course, you can buttonhole your supplier and ask exactly how he/she
rates and how he/she knows and whether he/she uses the tests...
I asked mine.
allen
http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/
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