This frame is from Charlie Harper a russian bee breeder who I bought some nucs from  '06 -they have done the best at Nawara farm, but these are o.k. and growing now. Had a hard time through the move to alvin in oct 09. I had to split the colonies in two to move them because I had not had the time to extract the honey prior to the move. This is of course hard on the bees though I tried my best to be careful. During the harvest of honey at my home (alvin) I found these needed their old brood area removed, they had plenty of brood above in the 2nd story and a super of honey that I left with them. Harvested the honey from a couple of colonies of feral bees. A bit feisty they are, but tough. I got 1 and a half supers from alvin-- yeilds 1 case of 32 oz jars.         I