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