> Is anyone using aspects of colony-level behavior to select their queens?

Trish, that's what most breeders do.  I often breed off queens without ever
having actually seen them.
There's a lot more to females than just looks...


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Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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