ugcheleuce
Field Bee
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- Location
- Apeldoorn, Netherlands
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 7-10
Hello everyone
I've heard the "wisdom" that Buckfast bees should be requeened regularly with F1 queens, because F2 and daughter-of-F2 Buckfast queens produce very aggressive bees. However, I can't find any authoritative resources on the web that say so.
Have you heard this "fact" yourself? Do you have extensive experience with Buckfast and can you confirm it from your experience? Do you know of any study and/or well-known beekeeping resource that says so?
The story I've heard is that F2, F4, F8 etc queens from Carnica and Ligustica don't produce bees that are any more aggressive or lose much of the favourable qualities of the original F1 queen, but that with Buckfast it is different.
Thanks
Samuel
I've heard the "wisdom" that Buckfast bees should be requeened regularly with F1 queens, because F2 and daughter-of-F2 Buckfast queens produce very aggressive bees. However, I can't find any authoritative resources on the web that say so.
Have you heard this "fact" yourself? Do you have extensive experience with Buckfast and can you confirm it from your experience? Do you know of any study and/or well-known beekeeping resource that says so?
The story I've heard is that F2, F4, F8 etc queens from Carnica and Ligustica don't produce bees that are any more aggressive or lose much of the favourable qualities of the original F1 queen, but that with Buckfast it is different.
Thanks
Samuel
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