Hi Peter and all,
I have been keeping bees since the early 70's.
I can tell all that queens in this time frame, from early nineties, have
declined in quality.
I am sure Mites have had a major effect on this and it may be more effect on
drones
which will in turn cause queens to be less proficient.
I purchased queens supposed to be hygenic that swarmed before filling a
single 10 frame brood chamber.
One only had 6 frames pulled. Started as splits.
I know that the "good old days" were far better for whatever reasons.
Lionel
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