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Roy Nettlebeck <[log in to unmask]>
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From: "Bob Harrison" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Buying Russian Queens and Packages


> Allen asks:
> Has anyone direct experience in these matters, and care to comment?
>
> The Russian bee  is  difficult to introduce.
>> I suspect the Russian queens have got different pheromones.
 Hello Bob and All

The introduction problem should have been solved by the breeders by now.
The white line of Russians had the problem.
The breeders should be using the blue line and up.
I know that you will get some good and bad stock.
All breeders are not equal.The queens will have a variance .
So will the offspring.
You will find a level of resistance to Varroa in the Russian stock.
Some are better than others. It takes some guts and foresight
not to treat when you see a couple of varroa in a hive.
I wanted to kill all of them. That won't happen.
If you want queen cells, the Russians can put them out.
I counted 27 cells on one frame.
We need to push the breeders for better queens.
Let the market place work , it will clear out the bad ones.
Best Regards
Roy

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