Yesterday I had the pleasure to work on some colonies that needed neither gloves nor veil (they were unfortunately not mine). They have been selected for docile nature, hardiness (it's Orkney, after all!) and production over a long time by somebody who knew what he was doing.
Morphometry for them is in progress, but I think they are mostly native.
No sign of them wanting to swarm either, so will try to graft from them when my bees are ready.
Doris
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