In the context of sustainable beekeeping, queen producers focus on mainstream or 'mutt' queen varieties rather than specialized breeding programs driven by selective breeding protocols. Queen rearing practices continue to evolve through market dynamics and influence the availability of regionally-adapted genetics - this presentation discusses what we are doing with the Northern Queen Initiative and how other programs can adopt or modify our successes.
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