Excerpts from BEE-L wrote:
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> > A number of inquiries leads me to clarify some claims concerning the
> > Buckfast Queens. Buckfast is a registered trademark of Dart Abbey
> > Enterprises and in Canada we have 5 Authorized Users and queens from them
> > are the only ones that are Buckfast, bred and selected as Brother Adam
> > intended.
>
> Barry,
>
> I'm wondering what you charge for breeder queens?
> It would be best to contact one of the breeders direct.  The queens selected for breeders have first undergone the selection criteria as per
a Buckfast Breeder plus the quick test for HTM and hygenic behavior.
> Also how important is it to maintain purity in the line in a honey
> producing outfit using Buckfast stock?
> Line purity gives one the ability to repeat success year after year for quailty queens
> ie. Are the various hybrids of Buckfast and miscellaneous strains likely
> to be superior or inferior - or no different from the rest of the crosses
> that might already be taking place in that same outfit?
> F1 crosses are likely to be good but subsequence generation will be unknown.
> Allen
 
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