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| B-355 | = | .30 – B-309 shr B-278 | : | .28 – B-278 shr B-41 | : | |
| .25 – B-4 shr B-2 | : | .24 – B-2 nat B-xx24 | : etc... | |||
| B-145 | = | .31 – B-299 shr B-278 | : | .28 – B-278 shr B-41 | : | |
| .25 – B-4 shr B-2 | : | .24 – B-2 nat B-xx24 | : etc... | |||
| B-172 | = | .31 – B-261 shr B-278 | : | .29 – B-278 shr B-41 | : | |
| .25 – B-4 shr B-2 | : | .24 – B-2 nat B-xx24 | : etc... | |||
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| F-173 | = | .30 – F-52 shr B-278 | : | imq .29 – FrenchR × FrenchM (pure Gale's French mellifera) |
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| (F×B) | F-173 is a F1 queen. | |||||
| F-335 | = | .30 – F-52 shr B-278 | : | imq .29 – FrenchR × FrenchM (pure Gale's French mellifera) |
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| (F×B) | Ces deux reines sont des F1 parfaites, possédant l’exacte moitié de leurs gènes de type buckfast et l’autre moitié de type mellifica. | |||||
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– Drones, Sherberton Br. Adam protected mating place (Dartmoor, GB) , supplied by daughters of ... | ||||||
| B-299 | = | .28 – B-278 shr B-41 | : | .25 – B-4 shr B-2 | : | |
| .24 – B-2 nat B-xx24 | : | .20 – B-1 nat B-xx20 | : etc... | |||
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| × B-299 | : | All the lines. | ||||
– Comments of Brother Adam †1996 ... |
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Some F1 F-colonies (2) are reproduced to be able supplying pure F1 drones. The daughters of these queens will NOT BE F2 generation: it’s only a second cross (F×B)×B increasing the buckfast qualities. We must now evaluate the daughter colonies to detect these retaining good F desired qualities. | ||||||
Color code and Abbreviations
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| Queens from one strain, but mated by drones from another strain . Their population and daughters (and drones of them) are F1 crossed. |
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