BANV Queen Survival Survey Results

Here are the results of the BANV survey to assess Queen survival from different source (3 years, weighted average) - thanks to Jim Haskell.

1. Locally produced nucs with resistant queens (LNQr) 87%

2. Locally produced resistant queens (LQr) 70%

3. Bee raised queens – emergency, supercedure and swarm (BQ) 65%

4. Beekeeper produced queens, not selected for resistance (BkQ-nr) 60%

5. Queens from GA (Q-GA)35%

6. Locally produced nucs with GA queens (LNQ-GA) 25%

7. Packages with queen from GA (PkgQ-GA) 20%

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