BA-30 - Honeybee Pedigree of Brother Adam †1996 (Karl Kehrle Foundation)


– Buckfast Breeder No

B-309	=	.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...

B-157	=	.29 – B-278 shr B-41	:	.25 – B-4 shr B-2	:
		.24 – B-2 nat B-xx24	:	.20 – B-1 nat B-xx20	: etc...

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...

– Mellifera m. (Gale’s French) Breeder No
F-52	=	imq .29 – FrenchR × FrenchM (pure Gale's French mellifera)
(pure F = F×F)		Colony F-52 is pure French mellifica* !.*


– Drones, Sherberton Br. Adam protected mating place (Dartmoor, GB) , supplied by daughters of ...

B-278	=	.25 – B-4 shr B-2	:	.24 – B-2 nat B-xx24	:
(pure B = B×B)		.20 – B-1 nat B-xx20	:	.19 – B-xx17 × B-xx19 (primitive buckfast)


... used as below
× B-278	:	All the lines.

– Comments of Brother Adam †1996 ...
This year matings of F-52 daughters with B-278 drones produce the 1^st generation of F1 ... ... queens ... it's not quite correct: they are pure F queens with B semen within spermatheca ... honeybee workers ... its quite correct: each worker is F×B chromosomes ... colony, formed with pure F1 workers ... not F1! the drones of this colony are quite pure F×F (pure F)

Color code and Abbreviations

Free matings at random : B-xx24 B-xx20

Queen and Drones have the same ancestors: combination to increase or stabilize some characteristics

Queen and Drones result of a cross between two different lines : interesting to increase their resistance and qualities.

--- Only breeder ---
(-):	Brother Adam †1996 (Karl Kehrle Foundation)

--- Importation mode ---
imq :	Laying queen imported