Hi Peter & All,

>I would like to have a bee that is healthy, productive, and reasonably easy
>to manage. I
>think the future of beekeeping lies in controlled breeding.
>

You want the same that most all beekeepers want. Extreme controlled
breeding, such as I.I. or A.I., and letting the bees do their own thing are
polarized and probably neither are the best way to breed a stock that will
give us the qualities we as beekeepers desire. The answer to breeding bees
that beekeepers desire probably lays in the middle of the road but all
beekeepers must work together to accomplish this. The gene pool will be
larger if we as beekeepers rear and breed queens in addition to trading and
sharing material. We do not have to be polarized on developing a manageable
honey bee.

. . ..   Keith Malone, Chugiak, Alaska USA, http://www.cer.org/,
c(((([  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ApiarianBreedersGuild/

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