Hi Chuck & all

> I also plan to maximize Hygienic drones next spring, '05, by flooding
> techniques from some of my best Minnesota Hygienic queens whose lines of
> parentage were not used, inactive line for queen rearing

Don't expect too much in the first few seasons, drone flooding improves with
time...

In the first season it helps if you can also trap 'unwanted' drones, in a
second or subsequent season you can allow all daughters of your first year
set of breeders to produce drones as well as relegating the breeders to
drone production.

Use a new set of breeders to produce the female lines in the second year and
use a new set every year thereafter so that this years queens are always
mated to the drones of last years queens.


Best Regards & 73s, Dave Cushman... G8MZY
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