YOu can see a pdf here: BANV 2011 Queen-Colony Survival
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%
Chart Below