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Subject:	Re: The Ins and Outs of Diversity
From:	randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:19:41 -0700
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>The lines that they breed from are  totally driven by market demand.

Let me add to that.  Some producers choose from a rather uniform
population of their "line" of bees, developed over years.  Those
queens are predictable.

However, when they bring in a new II queen to try out, her daughters
mate out with whatever drones are out there.  The combination may
produce good colonies, or sometimes not.  So buyers often get a bad
taste about a new line.  Not the fault of the new line--but rather the
fault of mismatched mating.

Randy Oliver

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