Randy is right about all Russians not being dark. I get two to three 
different color queens off the same breeder yet all the workers will be 
dark. As for drones what you see walking in the hive is not what the 
queen lays because of drone drift. When I had Italian bees in the same 
yard the drone color in the Russian hive was lite yellow and the drone 
color in the Italian hive was dark. In the yards without Italian bees 
the drone color was all dark. I would say that drone drift is over 50%.

On 8/10/2011 11:16 PM, randy oliver wrote:

> My Russians run the gamut of colors from yellowish to jet black.  I feel
> that it is a misconception that Russians are dark--I hope that Charlie will
> chime in!

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Carencro, LA 70520
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