I think beekeepers should be breeding their own bees also and I agree
wholely with Keith and Dee on this. Any beekeeper that doesn't buy their
queens from somewhere else or one who buys queen cells instead of queens
is in some fashion a breeder of sorts, even if an uncontrolled breeder.

In other forms of agrictulture, this can pretty much be done the same.
Just take your best fields and keep them for seed instead of sale for
next year. That's breeding too.

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Scot Mc Pherson
The Mc Pherson Family Honey Farms
Bradenton, FL USA
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