Bob,

>>...the Russian Blue line produced in excess of 100 pound average in most locations. The Gold line did a super better in the same area.

Do you attribute this to the genetics of the Gold line?  Or was the management any different?

>>All Russians ... will winter like Italians going into winter with plenty of stores by doing so. I will have to pull frames of honey/pollen in spring to get the Russians going (or at least I had to last spring)

Given equal stores going into the winter, do you find that the Blue line needs extra in the spring to get going?

Based on your experience, it sounds like the Gold line is better overall than the Blue line, Bob?

Thanks,

Waldemar

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