Finman
what type of Queens do you think are best for the uk.
and what type is best to breed tham ??????:
Tigger
HAH, that is impossible to say. I have bought much queens from different frofessional breeders and queen are very different.
You have small country and much hives. What I have seen you bee pictures, bees are very mixed race. Who knows what they are. Folks like to continue with swarm queens and suoerceding queens. That is not breeding.
You national hives demand stock which is not good to lay. But I suppose that they are mixed and they are what ever.
To have good queens need continuous every year selective breeding. Who is happy to do that?
In my country during 20 years beekeepers number has dropped 60% but number of hives has increased. Yields are bigger than before.
We have Italian and Carnionan bees. Some say buckfast but I do not know.
Queen importing from south is continuous. I think that geneflow is good.
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