Dear Folks,

There's been a lot of speculation and discussion about bee breeding 
on this list over the last few months.  You may wish to know that at 
the 40th Apimondia a global bee breeding association formed in an 
attempt to organize queen breeders across the globe.  See the 
following  for further information http://gbba.vze.com/ and 
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/gbba/. I will be promoting 
membership in this group at several venues in the next year.  It has 
similar goals for bee breeding that the international packers 
organization has for honey brokers and buyers 
http://www.hipa.org.uk/. Your comments are solicited.

Malcolm T. Sanford


Dr. Malcolm T. Sanford
Retired Extension Apiculturist,
Professor Emeritus
University of Florida
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