Bob Harrison writes:

" Tom has talked me into trying a
 100 Russian queens next month."

Bob,  Are these Russian queens ones that have been mated or artificially
inseminated to Russian drones?  If so I would imagine that would be a rather
significant investment.  Around here (Puget Sound area of Washington)
Russian queens are available but their offspring will be hybrid which, as
you know, reduces their value in terms of resistance quite a bit compared to
the purely bred queens.  Still these queens we can get are more expensive
than Italian queens.  Do you or anyone else think it is worth spending a few
extra pesos to get the openly bred Russian queens?
        Steve Noble

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