Two years ago Dr. Nasr of Ontario took a survey of the importance of bee chacacteristics to beekeepers. I thought it would be interesting to do the same here on BEE-L. If you are interested in participating just fill out the following and mail it back to me direct, not to the net. I will tally the responses and post the results to BEE-L. Thank you. 1) Enter a number (1-11) after each of the following characteristics, ranking them by their importance to you. Most important, 1 , next most important, 2 , etc. Winterability- Honey Production- Tracheal mite resistance- Varroa resistance- Chalkbrood- Aggressiveness- Colour- Brood viability- Swarming- Comb stability- Pollen- 2)You are (check one) Hobby beekeeper (<10 col.) Side liner (>10<300 col.) Commercial (>300 col.) 3)You are (check all appropriate) Honey producer Pollinator Queen producer 4)You are in (check one) North America Europe Other bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb b b b Vince & Carole Coppola [log in to unmask] b b Coppola Apiaries, (716)965-2904 b b 10220 Bradigan Rd. b b Forestville, N.Y. 14062 b b b b Queens bred for tracheal mite resistance b b Honey , Pollination b b Western New York Beekeepers Association b b b bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb