Hi,
> Members of the new Russian Breeders Association are pledged to use
> no medication or treatments in their breeding program.
What about the scope of apiguard used in a portion of your colonies,
was this just an experiment that was for some reason allowed outside
the pledge.
I am currently breeding a strain of bee in Alaska where I used a
Russian base stock. I chose the Russian bee after looking at and
trying many other strains and found them have the best basic traits
for surviving my location. another prominent beekeeper up here in
Alaska has tried Russians and claim they are worthless as a useful
strain but I believe that the fault of Russian bees is probably a
management issue and not a fault of the strain. Some traits that are
claimed to be negative are positive in my view point. Some people can
not see the forest for the trees, and some people can not see the
benefit of Russian bees for what is perceived as negative traits. Same
thing goes for African bees. Many beekeepers are looking for a super
nice bee instead of a bee that can survive.
> I use a combination of Pierco and Dadant wired wax in the brood
chamber.
>
Well the pierco may not be small cell on an average but it is smaller
than abnormal.
So how long have you been 100% not treating your Russian Bees?
God Bless,
Keith Malone
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