To: RayChuang88
IIRC, beekeepers seem to mostly use the same small number of species, so not much genetic variation available in case of trouble. It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature!
13 posted on
05/29/2007 9:14:06 AM PDT by
mewzilla
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To: mewzilla
IIRC, beekeepers seem to mostly use the same small number of species, so not much genetic variation available in case of trouble.It doesn't matter what breeds the beekeeper has, drones come from all over and visit hives and do the mateing flight with any new queen that takes off.
Most bee keepers buy new, bred queens every year or two.
41 posted on
05/29/2007 10:44:39 AM PDT by
carenot
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