| 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 Drones are Aunt-Nephews : that would correspond by us to a Sister-Brothers crossing. |
| Queen and Drones, Aunt-Nephews, are F1 this is a real Mendelian F1 cross. |
| Queen and Drones result of a cross between two different lines : interesting to increase their resistance and qualities. |
| Breeders |
| AVM : | Andrey Makarov |
| MKK : | Pierre de Koning (NL) |
| MKN : | Foundation Buckfast Marken (NL) |
| MKW : | Ton Woud (NL) |
| PS : | Poul Erik Sørensen †2012(57) (DK) |
| ST : | Peter Stougård (DK) |
| TR : | Thomas Rueppel (DE) |
| VKV : | Kirill & Ekaterina Vasiliev |
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| Races — Do use them |
| A: | anatolica |
| B: | buckfast |
| GR: | Graaff-Reinet |
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| Importation mode |
| iiq : | Inseminated queen imported |
| imq : | Laying queen imported |
| Mating Places, etc |
| bal : | Baltrum island (DE) |
| ins : | Instrumental insemination |
| ivkv : | Instrumental insemination (RU) |
| lmk : | Lamenka mating place (RU) |
| mrk : | Marken peninsula (NL) |
| nex : | Nekselø island (DK) |
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