Keeping Buckfasts
Thanks, Very helpfull.
I am aware that buying reputable queens will be the only sure way to keep a good quality Buckfast. At present if let queens get mated locally only 10% of the drones at best would be Buckfast, even increasing this to 50% would be an improvement.
I would...
As a new beekeeper and having only 2 hives of Buckfasts how can I increase
my hives and still maintain them as pure Buckfasts?
I live in North Yorkshire and wondered if there are any like minded Buckfast keepers who have a solution.