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Keith Hooker <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 10 Jun 1995 11:19:33 +0000
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Having spent two long weekends with Brother Adam discussing and
seeing what and how he has built up his master stock over a lifetime
I am somewhat skeptical that a commercial breeder in a large land mas
like Canada can produce a constant product the same as his in Devon
UK.
 
The general experience in the UK is that second crosses are somewhat
different in temprement from the original hybrids and knowing the
selection processes this is understandable.
 
Are these Canadian Buckfast Queens really first crosses or second
crosses?  If they are first crosses, is the rigid culling and testing
that Bro Adam applies here being carried out?
 
I fear that few commercial breeders would cull as severely as Bro
Adam because they would end up with too few Queens to sell!
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