Hi!
 
> Queens made well locally always blow the doors off shipped queens,
> if the queen producer knows  how to make queens.
> Sure its great to use good stock in a breeding program, but a
poorly made > blue -blood queen is never a match for a well fed, well
mated local queen. > The optimum queens are made well from good stock!
 
How does one recognise an "optimum queen"? does one assume, from her
lineage (and selection programme) that she should be good, or is there
something one looks for in an emerging queen? what is the definition
of an "optimum queen"?
cheerio,
nikite
 
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