In article <[log in to unmask]>, "MR WILLIAM L
HUGHES JR." <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Yesterday it stopped raining long enough for me to start treating
>some of my colonies.  I noticed that two of the colonies have all
>black bees.  Just last month they were Italian.  Could a feral colony
>taken them over or have they superceded the old queen and the new one
>mated with "wild" bees.  The brood pattern is excellent and these two
>colonies are full of bees.
>
>Bill Hughes
>Bent Holly Honey Farms
>Brighton, Tennessee, U.S.A.
 
If the queen has mated with several different *types* of drone, you may
find the colour of workers change throughout the season.
 
Is colour important to you ?
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Paul Walton
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Toddington, Bedfordshire, England.