Re. the Buckfast Bees in CO,

I lived in Golden, CO for ~5 years and kept Buckfast I got from Weaver.
They were great bees, but as Peter said, the second generation will not be
pure Buckfast.  The queens come artificially inseminated with the Buckfast
genes so the offspring are pure Buckfast.  When the queen dies (naturally or
otherwise), the new queen mates with any old group of drones that might be
flying around.  So the next generation of bees will not be pure Buckfast.  I
didn't have any trouble with 'hot' bees in the second generation but I guess
it depends on what drones mate with the queen.

Just FYI.

Mike

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