8.50 this morning opened hive where bees were already working furiously No smoke required
Queen is yellow with frayed wings (old) laying well
She got that way because she hasn't swarmed
I had her frame trapped for 24 hours
No stings, no agro, no nothing.
The hive gave me honey this year
I would put these bees in my neighbours garden never mind my own
Hybrid queen no problem

No Amm suppliers probably because they would be prosecuted under the trade descriptions act for selling hybrid bees
There are a lot of fantasist around who like to think they are bringing back AMM but they are actually just on the latest bandwagon.
Some serious bee breeding going on as well good luck to them
There is loads of hypocracy round this subject of bee pure breeds mostly I just see self interest where if a group trying to breed a particular bee type are failing its always because of other non participating uncooperative antisocial ignorant beekeepers in the area rather than the participants
Really the problem is one small group of fanatics BIBBA trying to dominate and determine the actions of all other beekeepers.
If the arguments for Amm stood up then people would not be banned for disputing them