| Color code and Abbreviations |
| Queens without information : |
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 |
| DMC : | Dominique Micheletto (CY) |
| JL : | Juhani Lundén (FI) |
| PJ : | Paul Jungels (LU) |
| PM : | Pierre Marin (BE) |
| TK (TK3): | Toivo Koskinen (FI) |
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| Races — Do use them |
| A: | anatolica |
| B: | buckfast |
| T: | macedonica Athos |
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| Importation mode |
| ieg : | Eggs imported (brood comb) |
| iiq : | Inseminated queen imported |
| imq : | Laying queen imported |
| Mating Places, etc |
| hauk : | Haukkamaa (FI) |
| idmc : | Instrumental insemination (Cy) |
| ins : | Instrumental insemination |
| irjb : | Instrumental insemination (BE) |
| nat : | Free mated at random |
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