From: RSBrenchley@aol.com
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 17:40:14 EDT
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: AOS Apiculture section

> > >1.1.3.2. Regular renewal of queen bees;
>
> > comment: what does this mean? Does it mean that if I happen to have an
> > exceptional queen, and want to keep her going for 2 or 3 seasons to get
> > more daughters from her, that I can't do that?

What if I simply don't renew queens on a regular schedule, not because
I'm a lazy beekeeper, but because I want to develop a long-lived strain, and
need to know how long they'll last before they get superseded? There seems to
be an assumption built in here that the beek has to follow the standard US
commercial practices, modified for organic production. I write, of course, as
a Brit going my own way no matter what!

Regards,

Robert Brenchley

RSBrenchley@aol.com