At 05:23 PM 4/12/96 -0400, you wrote: >There are only two or three suppliers of queens in Mississippi. It sounds >like the beekeeper you visited has the " golden red heads ", which are >acutally cordovan bees. Dean Breaux sells them as cordovans, because that is >all they are. Just look in the ABJ for who ever sells the golden red head >and 674 strain of Italians if you want the bees from Mississippi. > > > > Joe > Hello Joe and all others: I am sort of up to speed on the races of bees(from the web page). Now can someone explain strains of a race i.e. Italians and the general pro's and con's of same? Thank You JRT