>   Re-queening with a "store
>bought" queen would prevent me from developing a local genetic
>strand...
>    Accordingly, would it be better to kill the queen
>every fall and let the hive make a new one?


How about killing the old queen, and leaving a nice ripe cell?
Mike


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