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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => REQUEENING & RAISING NEW QUEENS => Topic started by: Beekissed on March 20, 2010, 09:45:12 am

Title: Buckfast Queens~need to know an answer soon!
Post by: Beekissed on March 20, 2010, 09:45:12 am

I am interested in buying some Italian bees with a Buckfast queen.  I was told by someone who has used Buckfast bees in the past that she couldn't keep the Buckfast in the hives.  Said they kept swarming repeatedly~ compared to her Italians~ and she finally just let them go. 

Anyone else noticed this as a Buckfast trait?