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Beekeeping => Beekeeping 101 => Topic started by: adgjoan on March 28, 2015, 02:37:34 pm

Title: Pol Line queens
Post by: adgjoan on March 28, 2015, 02:37:34 pm

Can some one explain what pol line queens are?  Are they a good thing?

Title: Re: Pol Line queens
Post by: camero7 on March 28, 2015, 03:08:14 pm

I have many and have ordered more queens. Here is a link that should explain it pretty well
http://www.glenn-apiaries.com/hygienic_italian_breeder_queens.html

Title: Re: Pol Line queens
Post by: adgjoan on March 29, 2015, 03:26:05 am

Thanks for the link.  I ordered some from Velbert Williams in Arkansas. Where did you get yours?

Title: Re: Pol Line queens
Post by: camero7 on March 29, 2015, 08:07:53 am

Last 2 years I've ordered from Velbert and been very happy with the queens. I do have to treat them.

Title: Re: Pol Line queens
Post by: adgjoan on March 29, 2015, 08:11:02 am

that is good to hear.  If I graft from these queens will the resulting open mated queens be considered pol line or just mutts?

Title: Re: Pol Line queens
Post by: camero7 on March 29, 2015, 09:37:57 am

just mutts

Title: Re: Pol Line queens
Post by: sc-bee on April 04, 2015, 10:16:56 pm

I seemed to have had better luck with the vsh than I did the pol-line. But lost most of both.  Just pinched two vsh and one pol. They were placed in late season nucs last summer. All that was left in the two vsh nus was a few hundred bees and a marked queen. I do suspect some pesticde issue in the yard.  Been a bad year for me.... worse ever :sad: