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Title: All American (Italian strain)
Post by: BMAC on May 29, 2007, 02:42:49 PM
Has anybody here bought the All American trade name from R Weaver's in Texas?

I bought several packages from them this spring.  They tout the bees are bred to be calm bees. 

They are the hottest hives I have and they are not even strong yet....

I am wondering if anyone else has experienced this with Weavers bees???? 

I opened one of the hives this past weekend and after pulling only the second frame I had 50+ bees on my shoes trying to sting them and they were in a fury...

Possibly africanized genes playing a toll????
Title: Re: All American (Italian strain)
Post by: pdmattox on May 29, 2007, 03:42:58 PM
I read in a post last year about this same problem, however I have had no experince with them.  I would guess they might have ahb genetics due to their location.
Title: Re: All American (Italian strain)
Post by: Michael Bush on May 30, 2007, 07:46:23 AM
>I am wondering if anyone else has experienced this with Weavers bees?

The last time I had B Weaver's bees was 2001.  They were vicious.
Title: Re: All American (Italian strain)
Post by: BMAC on May 30, 2007, 08:57:07 AM
Vicious is the appropriate term for them.  They are aweful pricy for being so dang vicious. 
The other weird part is one of the packages obsconded a day or so after I released the queen.  Everything seemed fine until I released her.

Then poof.  There went $120.00 somewhere out there.  This maybe the last time I buy there bees.

Any other place to buy Buckfast hybrid?  They were the only ones I see.
Title: Re: All American (Italian strain)
Post by: danno1800 on May 30, 2007, 10:10:14 AM
I bought one this year & will never know how hot the bees get because they superceded her very quickly. -Danno
Title: Re: All American (Italian strain)
Post by: Michael Bush on May 30, 2007, 11:28:25 PM
>Any other place to buy Buckfast hybrid? 

There are some Canadian breeders.  One did an import.  Try a search here and on beesource and see if you can find how to contact them.