This beekeeping is all or nothing!

Thymallus · May 15, 2015

icanhopit said:
One could explain FO ( F zero) but I expect THE MODERATOR would delete the post

I suppose he might if they weren't married. Making you an F1.
I take it you have no point to make?
So I shall now desist from cluttering up any further what was an interesting thread.

For want of a better word · May 15, 2015

Thymallus said:
I suppose he might if they weren't married. Making you an F1.
I take it you have no point to make?
So I shall now desist from cluttering up any further what was an interesting thread.

Yeghes da

Thymallus · May 15, 2015

icanhopit said:
My own experience with F1 is that is best to requeen EVERY year with bees bred by a specialist who knows exactly what they are doing, and has the resources ( and a reputation of excellence to keep) to breed from good selected stock.
NOT something easily undertaken on a hobbyist level.
Professional breeders have hundreds of colonies, a dedicated and well trained staff, and an area that they can manage to isolate their breeder stock.
Hence the Danish and German F1 breeding islands in the Baltic.

I can not see how any hobbyist can get repeated quality by open mating... particularly when the beekeeper down the road keeps Greeks, another Carniolian, Cepolian, Causican, Heinz 57 etc etc.??????????????

Yeghes da

As I said it was an interesting topic, but you seem to be confusing line breeding with the very different principal of breeding F1's, something the Baltic islands are not generally used for.
Common graduate mistake.

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pargyle · May 16, 2015

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Cussword said:
I used to like the 3 Degrees,,, takes me back......

Nice attempt to change the subject ... it didn't work ... they're on a roll. I liked the three degrees as well ... come to think of it ...so did Prince Charles ! Now there's a diversion for you ...

Cussword · May 16, 2015

pargyle said:
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Nice attempt to change the subject ... it didn't work ... they're on a roll. I liked the three degrees as well ... come to think of it ...so did Prince Charles ! Now there's a diversion for you ...

That poor guy, he used to have taste,, 3 Degrees, Diana. Who he's with now looks like she's always chewing a wasp.