B Adam crossed lots of different sub species as we know, the original Buckfast was AMM cross Italians, and he used Alec Gales french AMM breeder queens for many years.Originally Posted by Rosie
I raise my own queens and they are AMM
I raise my own queens and they are AMM(ish)
I raise my own queens and the are carniolan
I raise my own queens and they are caniolan(ish)
I raise my own queens and they are buckfast
I raise my own queens and they are Buckfast(ish)
I raise my own queens and they are Italian
I raise my own queens and they are italian(ish)
I raise my own queens and they are hybrid/allsorts
I raise my own queens as part of a breeding group
B Adam crossed lots of different sub species as we know, the original Buckfast was AMM cross Italians, and he used Alec Gales french AMM breeder queens for many years.
I see Philip McCabe was mentioned in the article
Here is is covered in Galtee black bees.
We were talking about this in the car last Sunday.
Apparently it was easy to get them on but not so easy to get them off and he had to jump off a table to dislodge the most of them.
People were scuttling around like ants filling bees into apideas so none went to waste.
Only got 7 stings apparently.
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Edit 7 stings
Last edited by Jon; 28-11-2013 at 07:25 PM.
Yes, i think it is an interesting article, Jon.
I have heard that there can sometimes be some difficulty shaking the bees off.
I had a good chat on the phone With Dara Scott last week, he was at the conference, did you meet him.
Last edited by Pete L; 28-11-2013 at 07:30 PM.
Didn't know you were mates with Dara. We were both speakers at the conference.
He's on the NIHBS science committee we have set up.
Dara is the main mover behind the varroa resistance project we have underway.
Photos and presentations are on the website
Interesting correlation to what Callum posted in the Todays News thread " 200 kg honey -> managed only 140 (thanks to melisatrose - (but I have 100 frames of feed for next year)"
Yes, known Dara For quite a while, he visited me here a while back, get on well with him, we have a common interest in a certain product, among other things.
The product sure ain't Buckfast!
I saw your name on his website a while back.
He is mates with Randy Oliver as well.
He has worked in the states quite a lot, usually offshore, mates with some at the Czech bee research institute as well.
Sheesh! Och well, he's a young man, why not?! I can see the attraction, I've known some quite nice Czech scientists
Perhaps after all those words by Willie R on the previous page I should point out that you can buy his book (an interesting read) at their website. Visited them last New Year and it was very worthwhile.
http://www.chainbridgehoney.co.uk/Re...S.-Robson/p-60
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