Michael Reddell wrote:
>
> I'm in the market for about 20 fall queens and want to find a high quality
> source. I'm looking for strong, well-bred Italians that are positively
> selected for housekeeping and gentleness traits. That means the breeder
> has a system in place to select for these traits in his or her breeding
> stock. It also means that the breeding program is working and the bees
> exhibit good housekeeping behavior and are gentle enough to be worked
> without smoke or veil under reasonably good conditions. And it means that
> most queens from this breeder lay well and survive at least a year. (I'm
> not picky am I?)
>
> If you know of a breeder that has provided you with particularly good
> queens in the RECENT past, I'd like to know who it is.
>
> I know that even the best breeders have an occasional failure, so I guess
> I'm also interested in reports on how a particular breeder backs up his
> product.
>
> Michael Reddell
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MICHAEL,
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MOULTRIE, GA. 31776
FRED