Hi Bob & All,

> Pure Russian package bees could be avilable in future but not enough pure
> Russian hives exist now to shake Russian bees from so most likely if you
> order a Russian hybrid package the bees sent are not Russian which causes
> introduction problems due to the  difference in queen pheromone as explained
> above.
>

When I first started using the Russian lines over three years ago now, this was
a problem, but as my supplier in the coming years began changing his stock over
to Russians more and more the introduction of queens to his package bees became
no problem at all. Plus as more and more of his stock became Russian the more
gentle the queens progeny has become. I think the Russian line of bees are great
and one reason why I am using the Russian lines to help me in developing a
winter hardy bee for Alaska.

 . ..   Keith Malone, Chugiak, Alaska USA, http://www.cer.org/,
c(((([ , Apiarian, http://takeoff.to/alaskahoney/,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Norlandbeekeepers/ ,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ApiarianBreedersGuild/

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