The Russian crosses with SMR and then OM to the feral Caucasian population 
does not seem that bad of bee.  I speak of those from Olympic Wilderness 
Apiaries.  In winter and in build up they are more like the Caucasians in 
size.  Russian lines are said to be of Carniolan lines and they are rather 
testy Carniolan X Italian.  I like the Russian X SMR X Caucasian bee in 
those regards, but of course, we can deal Caucasian out due to lack of base 
stock to work from. 

Everyone judges deffensiveness different.  If i can sit in the yard on a 
warm day and not get stung, that is gentle to me, so use that as my base 
line. 

Chrissy Shaw 

 

A fraction of a degree in error of movement compounds per-unit in spacetime 
and all true courses are determined by degree of error and its correction. 

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