I see the heated debate over Russell is still going on.
It’s funny how you were trying to sell Russell genetics on Craig’s list until I brought it to your attention and you pulled it down today.
http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/grd/3084328464.html
“As the summer progresses my grafted queens have really begun to achieve more success. I will have queen cells and mated queens for sale by the end of June.
I am grafting from my 2011 overwintered Glenn Apiaries Inseminated VSH Carniolan.)SHown in photo below-current pic) Read below about these genetics:
http://www.glenn-apiaries.com/catalog.html
Capped Queen cells from this queen will be$15.00 each-a few will be available this Thursday.
Mated VSH queens will be $30.00
Queen cells are time sensitive and must be picked up on time! I will now be grafting every Thursday so capped cell pick up will be ready on Saturdays for more convienent pick up dates for folks.
My next grafts will be from My own best locally overwintered and great producing queen, Russell Apiaries Sunkist Northern Select and English Buckfast queens.
These were open mated. Capped queen cells will be $12.00 and mated queens $25.00
Info for genetics-Russell queens:
http://russellapiaries.webs.com/apps/webstore/products/category/466366
I only have a limited amount of mating nucs, so mated queens are limited and not available until later in the summer for fall requeening needs. Capped cells are more available.
A few nucs headed by Standard Italians or Carniolans should be ready for sale by July 15th. Most are in five frame deeps. I also can make nucs with 6 1/4" frames.
Questions, please call 253-xxx-xxxx ask for Lauri
Sorry, no shipping this year. Raising queens takes scheduling and organization. I am still new and cannot guarantee queens to be ready on any given date. First come first serve this year folks.
I plan to have several more varieties available next year, but have to overwinter them first to be sure they are tough enough to withstand the the challenges of our Pacific Northwest climate.
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How hypocritical of you. When it’s to your advantage you will use their name as a selling tool but come on the forums and slam them. I understand that you have a problem with them… I think we all do by now. Do you think that airing your frustrations here will solve you dilemma?
I have no pony in this race and have no opinion on whether Russell queens are good or bad or anything about them. I have never done any transactions with them at all.
What I have a problem with is when people, in an open forum, complain about a company and then list for sale items that they are selling and using the company name to help out with their sales. I have now seen this twice with people using the Russell name. Both on BeeSource now. If the product is so bad then why would the person(you) want to be attached to it? You can’t complain in an open forum with out taking the chance that people will find fault, just as you have found fault with Russell. Your add reads as if the Russell Sunkist queens have been over wintered and are great producers. You also wrote in the past tense that they (the grafted ones for sale) are open mated. Is this not true? Is your add on Craig’s list then misleading?
I completely understand using the name of Russell in your add if that is what the mother queen stock is from. But is it not counter productive to then go on an open forum and complain about the productive of the queens you received? Or how the seller (Russell) has treated your order? An example that is way out there…. I have some mother queens from Joe Breeder. I am selling daughters. Go take a look at Joes site and check them out but please don’t read what I have said about his business and his queens over there. Because with what I said you might not buy from me then let alone from the breeder.
You have cut your own wrist trying to solve a problem that should not be in an open forum. When you have a problem with Safeway (local grocery store) do you write to the editor of the Tacoma Turbine many times to air your complaints? Maybe its time to “Get Jesse” from channel 7. You stated you case many many days ago and still have to keep the horse going around the track. Deal with the supplier not with the rest of the world. Maybe snail mail might be a better choice. Crap if I was him I would completely forget your order for good. He now has nothing to loose. Sugar works a lot better then piss and vinegar.