"I don't believe it was beekeeper error but the result of not being
acclimated. Multiple queens, made into nucs at the same time and made
similarly are still thriving, even with this brutal winter we're
experiencing. "
Makes absoulty no sense. I bred queen is inserted into a climate controlled
box. Queens go from Hot to cold and back again every day all over the
world. Not accilimated makes absoultly no sense whatsoever.
You may claim that the "breed" does not do well in some climates, such as
Itialians in the far north, but the thickness of the queens jacket makes no
sense at all to me. I but Kona queens and they do fine.
Charles
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