| 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, 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 |
| BB : | Imkerei Bernd Brix (DE) |
| CHP : | Christian Peter (DE) |
| HGS : | Hans-Georg Schell (DE) |
| IC : | Christine & Ivan Curić |
| JBB : | Jürgen Brauße (DE) |
| ME : | Matthias Engel (DE) |
| MKK : | Pierre de Koning (NL) |
| MKN : | Foundation Buckfast Marken (NL) |
| MN : | Manuel Naß (DE) |
| NE : | Eugen Neuhauser (AT) |
| RKR : | Wanderimkerei |
| SW : | Sebastian Winkler (DE) |
| TK : | Thomas Kodym (AT) |
| TR : | Thomas Rueppel (DE) |
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| Races — Do use them |
| B: | buckfast |
| Bt: | buckfast tolerance test |
| LB: | German Local Bee, Frankenberg area |
| S: | sahariensis |
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| Importation mode |
| ieg : | Eggs imported (brood comb) |
| imq : | Laying queen imported |
| ivq : | Unmated queen imported |
| Mating Places, etc |
| bal : | Baltrum island (DE) |
| hmjb : | Homogenized semen insemination |
| inme : | Instrumental insemination (DE) |
| ins : | Instrumental insemination |
| lgn : | Langeneß island (DE – Wattenmeer) |
| mrk : | Marken peninsula (NL) |
| oie : | Oie island (DE – Baltic sea) |
| rud : | Ruden island (DE – Baltic sea) |
| shw : | Südharz Wippra mating place (DE) |
| val : | Valors mountain (AT) |
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