| Color code and Abbreviations |
| Queen without information : B262(NE)EO386 |
Queen from one strain, but mated by drones from another strain . Her 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 result of a cross between two different lines : interesting to increase their resistance and qualities. |
| Breeders |
| CHP : | Christian Peter (DE) |
| CS : | Christian Salau (DE) |
| FF : | Franz & Klaus Fehrenbach (DE) |
| HSB : | Hans Schweinesbein (DE) |
| JG : | Jos & Annette Guth (LU) |
| KK : | Josef Koller (DE) |
| NE : | Eugen Neuhauser (AT) |
| SL : | Sven Ledowski (DE) |
| TR : | Thomas Rueppel (DE) |
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| Races — Do use them |
| B: | buckfast |
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| Importation mode |
| imq : | Laying queen imported |
| Mating Places, etc |
| bal : | Baltrum island (DE) |
| frkg : | Friedrichskoog mating place (DE) |
| hbg : | Hausberg mountain (DE) |
| imsw : | Instrumental insemination (DE) |
| ins : | Instrumental insemination |
| nst : | Nest mountain (AT) |
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