An interesting point as presented by Brother Adam.
Is not a certain amount of hybrid vigor generated by the cross of Italians
and Carniolans? I am not intentionally striving for this cross, epecially
since I have gone to the effort to keep the Italian yard and the Carbiolan
yard apart by approx. 5 miles, and use my old breeder queens for drone
mothers.
Out of curiousity I will survey some of the beekeepers that are reordering
and see if they are having any problems with the bees becoming "bad
tempered" or "swarmy." In my own yards I have not noticed anything out of
the ordinary.
Thanks

Frank Wyatt
Eden,NC

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