Hi Folks,

A question for the group. When would you consider a queen “local?”

Consider this situation:
I am in an urban environment, first city north of Chicago along Lake Michigan. Let’s say there are 6 backyard beekeepers within a couple mile radius of my hives. We all buy packages from our local club. The club contracts with package bee guys from Georgia. 

So we all start with Georgia queens. Let’s say I have a swarm and the original colony raises their own queen. The drones she is mating with are all from Georgia queens. So is this first generation queen local?  
Say this goes on for a few generations, the genetics are always going to be from Georgia queens, Georgia queen daughter queens, and Georgia drones. 

Even if there is a feral colony in someone’s attic or garage that swarm came from one of the Georgia packages we all started out with. 

So, in this situation, at what point does a locally bred queen become a true local Illinois queen?

Thanks,

David Bond
847-644-0091 cell

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