In response to Roy's observation about buckfast bee's regarding brace and burr comb; I think that the occurance of it to that degree may at that time have been from weavers having a great amount of caucasian in the stock (their's) at this time I this generally isnt a problem with buckfast's and if you study Br. Adams writings you will note that he was very diligent about breeding these traits out of "his" strain, therefore I feel safe in saying this trait existed for the most part in the "americanized" version of buckfast. I am sure if you compare the canadian buckfast with american buckfast you will readily note differences. I say this after using weavers buckfast several years and after reading all Br. Adam wrote about the buckfast anf than comparing. Jim Maus