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Stefan Luff
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DE-91722 - Arberg
Germany
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— Ammergebirge mountain mating station (Bavaria, DE) [amm] —
(47.61469°N   10.95603°E Alt: 1010m)

... the colonies with drones were ...

 

– in 2021 the drones will be supplied by daughters of breeder Nr …

 
B5712(LS)1dr =   .19 – B7(ABK)1dr ilv × ins B122(RHO)1dr    [one drone] :  iiq .18 – B525(LS) ins EL44(KK)1dr    [one drone] : (A)  
    .16 – B554(LS) wbg B91(BB)    [16 dr.c.] :   .14 – B514(LS) bal B54(TR)    [22 dr.c.]   etc… 
Supplied drones by 30 sister colonies.
 
ligne arc-en-ciel de separation

– in 2020 the drones were supplied by daughters of breeder Nr …

 
B18.2.18(KK)1dr =   .18 – B17.1.537(KK) ins B147Vt(LS)    [one drone] :   .17 – B11(KK)1dr amm VSHmix17-01(LS)1dr    [11 dr.c.] : (P)  
    .16 – B101Vt(KK) ins B14Vt(RHO)    [one drone] :   .15 – B74Vt(KK) ins B56Vt(KK)    [1 dr.c.]   etc… 
Supplied drones by 28 sister colonies, bred by Georg Gindhart (DE).
 
ligne arc-en-ciel de separation

– in 2019 the drones were supplied by daughters of breeder Nr …

 
GG18B736 = No more data available !
Supplied drones by 24 sister colonies.
 
ligne arc-en-ciel de separation

– in 2018 the drones were supplied by daughters of breeder Nr …

 
B741Vt(LS)1dr =   .16 – B74Vt(KK) ilv × ins B14Vt(RHO)    [one drone] :   .14 – B56Vt(KK) mmkk EL41(KK)gpp    [7 dr.c.] : (P)  
    .12 – P521(KK) hbg B45(RS)    [5 dr.c.] :   .10 –  P62(KK) mmkk P44(KK)    [6 dr.c.]   etc… 
Supplied drones by 21 sister colonies (VSH 88 %), bred by Stefan Luff (11x), Fritz Zieher (6x) & Martin Rößner (4x).
 
ligne arc-en-ciel de separation

– in 2017 the drones were supplied by daughters of breeder Nr …

1st  period:

 
VSHmix17-01(LS)1dr =   .15 – V95(PJ)1dr ins V154H(RL)    [one drone] :   .14 – V992(PJ) ins V964(PJ)    [one drone] : (P)  
    .12 –  V961(PJ) ins capVSH-2A    :   .12 –  P214(PJ) ins × isp capVSH-1B      etc… 
Supplied drones by 11 cousin colonies = V973(PJ)1dr.9x & V963(PJ)1dr.2x, bred by Fritz Zieher (2x), Martin Rößner (2x) and Stefan Luff (5x).

2d  period:

 
VSHmix17-01(LS)1dr =   .15 – V95(PJ)1dr ins V154H(RL)    [one drone] :   .14 – V992(PJ) ins V964(PJ)    [one drone] : (P)  
    .12 –  V961(PJ) ins capVSH-2A    :   .12 –  P214(PJ) ins × isp capVSH-1B      etc… 
Supplied drones by 11 cousin colonies = V973(PJ)1dr.9x & V963(PJ)1dr.2x, bred by Stefan Luff (DE).

3rd  period:

 
VSHmix17-02(LS)1dr =   .16 –  B14Vt(RHO) ins B74Vt(KK)    [one drone] :  imq .13 –  EL61(KK) hbg B235(PJ)    [18 dr.c.] : (O)  
    .11 – EL2(KK) hbg B108(CHP)    [22 dr.c.] :   .10 –  EL41(KK) hbg EL74(KK)    [22 dr.c.]   etc… 
Supplied drones by 8 cousin colonies = B122Vt(RHO)1dr.3x, B136Vt(CHU)1dr.4x & B147Vt(LS).1x, bred by Stefan Luff (DE).
 

Evaluation of colonies

Breeder Birth PedigreeEval. Vitality of Temper Swarm. Ferti- Crop Over­win- Building Varroa HYG+
number year of queen year bees brood of bees tend­ency lity Early Summ. tering Combs Propol. num­ber VSH+ after 24 h
B741Vt(LS)1dr 16 B74Vt(KK) × B14Vt(RHO) 2017 5 5 5 - - - - 6 5 4 5 88 % - not treated
mode: evpj
Evaluation scale:   from 1 to 6.  1 = very bad.  3 = bad average.  4 = good average.
5 = great performance.  6 = optimum looked for in this feature. [  more ]
 
 

Color code and Abbreviations

Queens from one strain, but mated by drones from another strain .
Their population and daughters (and drones of them) are F1 crossed.
Queen and Drones have the same ancestors: combination to increase or stabilize some characteristics
Queen and/or Drones have unknown exact origin : that makes unable to find their real status.
Queen and Drones result of a cross between two different lines : interesting to increase their resistance and qualities.
--- Breeders ---
ABK:Axel & Diana Braband (DE)
BB:Imkerei Bernd Brix (DE)
BDK:Bob Danka (US)
CHP:Christian Peter (DE)
CS:Christian Salau (DE)
JG:Jos & Annette Guth (LU)
JL:Juhani Lundén (FI)
KK:Josef Koller (DE)
LS:Stefan Luff (DE)
PJ:Paul Jungels (LU)
RHO:Dr. Ralf Höling (DE)
RL:Renaud Lavend'Homme (BE)
RS:Reiner Schwarz (DE)
TR:Thomas Rueppel (DE)
Ancestors
1× :Bayburt98-3R
2× :PrimGreen00
2× :PrimRed01
1× :not registered Elgon queen
Races — Do use them
B:buckfast
O:(EL) monticola Elgon
P:primorsky
V:VSH purpose
--- Importation mode ---
iiq :Inseminated queen imported
ilv :Grafted larvae imported
imq :Laying queen imported
isp :Drones sperm imported
--- Mating Places, etc ---
amm :Ammergebirge station (DE)
bal :Baltrum island (DE)
hbg :Hausberg mountain (DE)
ibra :Instrumental insemination (LU)
iby1 :Instrumental insemination (DE)
inby :Instrumental insemination (DE)
iwsb :Instrumental insemination (DE)
mmkk :Moonlight mating (DE)
wbg :Weißberg-Rennsteig (DE)
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