Friday, August 19, 2011

Russian Brood Patterns

This is a picture i took last friday while inspecting my hives. By far the Russians had the best brood patterns. Although they are known for their wall to wall brood patterns unlike other races who will have the "typical" circular patterns...

Anyway, these Russians came from Charles Harper http://russianbreeder.com/ and have been doing great. I installed them in April and they have provided me with atleast 2 splits each this year if not 3 in some cases!!!!

I did find out that they MUST have open comb available or they will swarm... fortunantly i caught the queen...


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  1. The Haphazard CountrymanAugust 21, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    That is incredible. I just did a full inspection of my hives this weekend and none looked like that! Keep us posted of how it goes with those Russians.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 12, 2012 at 4:09 AM

    Wow ! You sure have done a great effort putting these websites in place. These tools sure are of great help. russian wife

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