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Western Australia's Better Bees Breeding Program
Western Australia has the longest running Honey Bee breeding program in Australia. Established by the State’s Agriculture Department after the borders were closed to bee product importation in 1979. The program was sold onto a commercial group of eight apiarists in 1991 and named Better Bees WA. Since then the queen bee breeding program has continued using isolated mating techniques with poignancy evaluation subjected to commercial conditions. Two traits have dominated the br