The carniolan, Italian, Russian queens sold on the big bee supply store
websites is mostly a marketing tactic.
There are genetically unique lineages of honey bees, but with the increase
in migratory beekeeping operations over the past 50+ years or so, the
entire countries genetics have become more of a monoculture crop, like the
corn fields we drive by on the highways.
Fortunate indeed are those beekeeping locations which are isolated, away
from commercial migratory influence.
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