In a message dated 97-06-01 13:21:20 EDT, you write:
 
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 Also, this makes no sense.  Any Buckfasts I have seen are very uniform in
 colouring.  I will leave it to more expert beekeepers and Buckfast owners
 to take it from there as far as the breeding goes.  I think your "Buckfast"
 queen may have died or swarmed and what you have is a queen that has been
 made by the bees and has been mated by some non-Buckfasts bees.
 
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   I have got to say thay I for one like the Buckfasts and am having good
luck with them.
  Who cares what race or breed a bee is -once the hive turns nasty requeen
and eliminate the aggravation.
  After all a good craftsman give himself every possible advantage  and a
mean hive will make you less thorough in your management an inspection.
   I have heard the more experianced say they get great crops from aggressive
bees but I like working without gloves and keeping bees in town.