John said: > I tend to agree. What is lacking in the posts I have seen is the effect of > crossing races. It is common when mixing different races to have offspring > that have characteristics totally different from either parents. I learned the above the hard way. After years of mixing races in the same yard I learned not the best plan. You have to when the bees are in a paid pollination or in a holding yard in winter but I separate races and queen sources when placed in yards. race and queen source in clearly marked on each hive. bob *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html