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F2 Buckfast queens get a bad reputation for aggression, but one colony thriving for 12 weeks on six supers stays calm without a smoker. Isolation and drone control are the key to keeping them gentle, not genetics.
F2 Buckfast queens get a bad reputation for aggression, but one colony thriving for 12 weeks on six supers stays calm without a smoker. Isolation and drone control are the key to keeping them gentle, not genetics.
You'll get some people tell you that F2 Buckfast queens are angry, they're aggressive, and they're going to chase you out of your garden. But this colony here is on 6 supers, a brood box full, an F2 Buckfast queen, has been like that for about 12 weeks, and we definitely don't need the smoker because these are the most chilled out bees in the world. Can't believe everything you read on the internet. F2 Buckfast queens, if you're in isolation and you can control those drones, you're gonna get super calm bees all the way through.
