At 05:23 PM 4/12/96 -0400, you wrote:
>There are only two or three suppliers of queens in Mississippi.  It sounds
>like the beekeeper you visited has the " golden red heads ", which are
>acutally cordovan bees. Dean Breaux sells them as cordovans, because that is
>all they are.  Just look in the ABJ for who ever sells the golden red head
>and 674 strain of Italians if you want the bees from Mississippi.
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>          Joe
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Hello Joe and all others:
 
I am sort of up to speed on the races of bees(from the web page).  Now can
someone explain strains of a race i.e. Italians and the general pro's and
con's of same?
 
Thank You
 
JRT