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Hi Russ,
Good question! I think I now have two questions:
1. My original theoretical one: if you have 5 beekeepers in a 2-3 mile radius and we all get our packages from Georgia, how long before you have a “local queen?” I mean if the queen is from Georgia and the drone eggs she lays are from Georgia drones…and even if someone swarms and they mate with other Georgia drones from the other local beehives - when will you get an “Illinois queen?”
2. It could very well be that even “Georgia Queens” have some mixed up DNA in them. So this question is how could, say, a Georgia queen have non Georgia DNA? I have to assume it was from a breeder queen from out of state or whatever local drones the virgin queens are mating with in the Georgia mating yards of that package producer…?.
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