| 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/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 |
| EO : | Erik Österlund (SE) |
| FIV : | Fiveldal Ko de Witt & Geert van Eizenga (NL) |
| HK : | Hermann Kleinfeldt (DE) |
| IK : | Imkerei Kober Thomas Kober (DE) |
| PN : | Horst Preissl & Johannes Neuburger (AT) |
| TR : | Thomas Rueppel (DE) |
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| Races — Do use them |
| A: | anatolica |
| B: | buckfast |
| D: | cecropia macedonica |
| I: | meda (Iranian) |
| NO: | N°62 |
| O: | (EL) monticola Elgon |
| OL: | Old Lady |
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| Importation mode |
| icl : | Eggs imported (colony exchange) |
| imq : | Laying queen imported |
| Mating Places, etc |
| aml : | Ameland island (NL – Friesland) |
| bal : | Baltrum island (DE) |
| hbg : | Hausberg mountain (DE) |
| hbpn : | Preissl–Neuburger mountain (AT) |
| inez : | Instrumental insemination (DE) |
| lgn : | Langeneß island (DE – Wattenmeer) |
| nat : | Free mated at random |
| valn : | Valen (Hjämaren lake) (SE) |
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