In a message dated 96-10-27 01:16:38 EST, you write:
 
<< A good friend of mine, who is not hooked into the net, has requested that
I ask about
 honeybee strains adapted to a climate like ours.
  >>
 
I would suggest that you try the ARS-Y-C-1 Yugoslavian Stock. This stock has
shown to have some of the best wintering traits of any we have evaluated here
at HBI.
I would then take the survivors and raise queens from them the following
generation.
 
Dean M. Breaux
Hybri-Bees Inc.
Breeding Better Bees