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Re: Controlled Natural Mating of Queens
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> There were two studies by USDA that tested matings in various apiaries.

Hellmich, R & G Weller (1990) Preparing for Africanized honey bees:
Evaluating control in mating apiaries.  ABJ 130(8): 537-542.
Hellmich, R, et al (1993) Evaluating mating control of honey bee queens in
an Africanized area of Guatemala.  ABJ March 207-211.
I've attached the abstract of the 1990 paper, which indicated that breeders
could expect 95% control in open matings.

Those of us who live near high mountains can move mating nucs to
high-elevation areas that don't have resident honey bee populations.  That
would ensure 100% control.


-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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