At 03:54 PM 5/21/96 -0500, Mark Egloff wrote:
>
>     Tim:
>
>     If you have been used to the "hybrid vigor" of Double Hybrids
>     then perhaps it is understandable that pure bred Italians may
>     seem a little slow for you.  I think that the Hive and the
>     Honey Bee talked about the productivity of "hybrids" due to the
>     fact that they ARE hybrid.  If a newcomer to the craft learns
>     that the "vigor" is "normal" bee behavior, then non-hybrids
>     should look slow and "unimpressive".;-)
>
        Mark:
 
        Thanks for your remarks. As usual I completely overlooked the
        possibility of my outlook being skewed by having experience
        with only one of many strains. I purchased the hybrids
        BECAUSE they were advertised as having the best traits of many
        other species. What elese should I have expected???? DUH!
 
        To All:
 
        All things have their advantages and distadvantages, their pros and
cons,
        their yin and yang, the good, the bad (& the ugly?). In my limited
        experience I have not been able to discern a single negative trait of my
        Double Hybrids. Now certainly they must have something which prevents
        the entire beekeeping world from converting to these special hybrids.
        Can someone fill us in on what that might be?
Tim Peters, Kirby VT
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