Hi P-O

> The proponents of a.m.m. are doing the opposite, trying to 
> revert back to something lost 100 years ago.

There may be some people that seek to do what you say, but I and most of 
my friends are not trying to turn the clock back and go back in time.

I want a bee based on AMM because nature tells me that it is right for 
the circumstances, I want a bee that is stable and breeds true, is fit 
for modern beekeeping and the pests it is going to encounter.

Another way of putting it is that I seek the bee that the 100 year old 
stocks of AMM would have become if they had the advantage of a dedicated 
following like that which has grown up for the Buckfast cause, and bees 
that had been selected over that whole period of time would be 
considerably better than 100 years ago.


Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY
http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman or http://www.dave-cushman.net
Short FallBack M/c, Build 6.02/3.1 (stable)

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