--- Bob Harrison <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> My II Russian breeder queens, Russian bees/ Russian
> hybrids / Purvis
> brothers blue line Russian and Purvis Brothers gold
> line bees remain
> untreated.
>
> Bob

Bob,
    What attriabutes have you noticed with your
Russian hybrids?
    I have some pure Russians yellow/blue line and
some pure SMR queens.  I'm thinking of open mating
some daughters and making splits for the rest of the
summer.  I have heard that hybrids of the Russians
aren't so docile.  What have been your observations?
I have also heard that hybrids of SMRs retain most of
the mite resistance of their mothers.  Which queens
would you use to make splits?

Mike



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