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All busy producing Amm queens at the moment perhaps?
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Its been busy behind the scenes PH ! Most of the new committee are pretty committed beekeepers so the planned newsletter etc taking a bit longer than hoped. Watch this space very soon though :)
Sourcing native queens is a priority but one which might take a while.
You are right GG a lot been happening behind the scenes. In Speyside we are busy assessing the best breeder queens. Working out a plan of action and about to start our first round of graphs tomorrow. I also had news that some beekeeper in Helensburgh have already produced 10 local nucs last week from some good Amm and near Amm stocks
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About getting a Scottish queen - Have you asked Andrew to go on his list for queens? There are ways to get a Scottish queen PH but you have to ask around. This afternoon I grafted 20 larvae from one of Jimbo's Rosneath AMMs (now resident in Speyside) and they're now in my cell raiser. This is my way to go about it. Plus I'm on Andrew's list for a Colonsay queen. Just because they're not a click or two away on the internet doesn't mean they can't be got. Is there no-one in the Borders you can work with to improve things?
I have 11 queen cells in a cup kit from a queen that was from a AMM breeding program in Gairloch. Obviously they will be mongrelised (is that a word?) but am hoping for some fine queens. I plan to send a sample of bees from the hive for analysis.
Quite please with my first attempt at queen raising. Hair rollers on tomorrow!
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