In a message dated 97-06-01 13:21:20 EDT, you write:
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Also, this makes no sense. Any Buckfasts I have seen are very uniform in
colouring. I will leave it to more expert beekeepers and Buckfast owners
to take it from there as far as the breeding goes. I think your "Buckfast"
queen may have died or swarmed and what you have is a queen that has been
made by the bees and has been mated by some non-Buckfasts bees.
Anyone else care to comment?.. >>
I have got to say thay I for one like the Buckfasts and am having good
luck with them.
Who cares what race or breed a bee is -once the hive turns nasty requeen
and eliminate the aggravation.
After all a good craftsman give himself every possible advantage and a
mean hive will make you less thorough in your management an inspection.
I have heard the more experianced say they get great crops from aggressive
bees but I like working without gloves and keeping bees in town.