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Agree with James. It’s not true. You need to source your bees well. I’ve had Buckfast from BS Honey Bees, from Exmoor Bees when Pete Little was alive and from Peter Stöfen . They were all exceptional queens and I simply replaced their great granddaughters because the bees reverted to “local”So why are Buckfast so popular when you can’t breed F2 and F3 from them without defensive bees?