I would like to backtrack a few days to a post of Garrett Dodds dated Mon.
7th Oct in which Garrett wrote.
 
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>I have tried Italians and Buckfast along side of the NWC's.  The Italians
>scare me too much, they brood up and form large colonies early and will
>starve themselves if the are not monitored.  The Buckfast that is available
>in this country is so crossed bred with the Italians that their is not much
>difference in the two.  The Buckfast has been maintained be Natural Matings
>in a predominantly Italian area in Texas for years, no way to control the
>matings of the queens
 
Some time ago I answered another post on similar lines regarding Buckfast
breeding. If you realy want to try the best of 'Buckfast' then you should
look to Ontario. There are 3 Buckfast breeders with ISOLATED mating yards,
who are licenced by Buckfast Abbey and who are the only ones allowed to use
the pre-fix "Buckfast". I am not one of them, but would be prepared to post
the addresses if requested.
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