| Color code and Abbreviations |
| Queen without information : 42(PN) |
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 |
| BA (BAb): | Buckfast Abbey Beekeeping dept (GB) |
| KB : | Keld Brandstrup (DK) |
| NE : | Eugen Neuhauser (AT) |
| PJ : | Paul Jungels (LU) |
| PM : | Pierre Marin (BE) |
| PN : | Horst Preissl & Johannes Neuburger (AT) |
| RL : | Renaud Lavend'Homme (BE) |
| TR : | Thomas Rueppel (DE) |
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| Races — Do use them |
| A: | anatolica |
| B: | buckfast |
| D: | cecropia macedonica |
| E: | lamarckii (Egyptian) |
| I: | meda (Iranian) |
| NO: | N°62 |
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| Importation mode |
| ilv : | Grafted larvae imported |
| imq : | Laying queen imported |
| Mating Places, etc |
| bal : | Baltrum island (DE) |
| hbpn : | Preissl–Neuburger mountain (AT) |
| ilev : | Instrumental insemination (BE) |
| ins : | Instrumental insemination |
| irjb : | Instrumental insemination (BE) |
| mrk : | Marken peninsula (NL) |
| nex : | Nekselø island (DK) |
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