Peter,

Aside from the fact that AI queens are generally only used for grafting from (and ditto with the frozen sperm), I don't see anything here that is misinformation.

Most beekeepers do use purchased queens.

These queens are often shipped across the country arriving stressed and weak.

Locally bred queens will (over some number of generations) adapt to local conditions....this is in stark contrast to the "factory" queens that are proven to have a high supercedure/failure rate.

So, what's the beef?

fwiw, this is a quote from you (peter) quoting tony allsopp's dissertation on another forum...posted today:

"A more sensible approach would be to: (a) Manage naturally occurring regional strains of honeybee, rather than importing strains from elsewhere. This is particularly important in Europe and Africa where Apis mellifera is indigenous and less so where it is an exotic species. (b) Practise "primitive" beekeeping as is the case in Africa by allowing natural selection processes to determine which are the most significant characteristics for selection and not the beekeepers or bee scientists, at least to some extent."

deknow


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