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Date: | Tue, 28 Feb 2023 10:35:38 -0500 |
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In my experience bees that are selected only for survival become better at surviving over time, but tend to lose qualities we need to keep them profitably.
Typically beekeepers seek large honey surpluses as a the top criterion (after survival, of course) but wild types may just make enough for their own survival.
I had some like that from a small niche breeder but figured it out after a while. They wintered well and were ready for winter in the fall, but did not make much surplus for me in between.
Another thing many do not realise when buying bees is that a queen producer has different needs than a honey producer.
A breeder and package producer wants bees that build up early, make lots of bees, and raise cells early, easily and well. A honey producer usually wants bees that don't raise a lot of cells and build to suit there local flow pattern.
There are other differences, too.
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