APIS Volume 19, Number 4, April 2001
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... ny hygienic queens from a few mothers using any race of honey bees <http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~mts/apishtm/apis95/apjan95.htm#BP>. At the time I wrote the article referenced above, I asked why this trait was not more widely used in breeding programs. Mr. Allen Dick in Canada now says in no uncertain terms: "Non-hygienic queens are now passé." He stated this in a May 19, 2001 post to the Bee-L discussion list, concluding that nowadays nobody should have to put up with queens that lack this essential characteristic and the consequent economic losses that result from AFB and chalkbrood (Editor’s note: The trait also appe ...