In spring of 2005 I purchased 34 queens from B Weaver as my normal 
source of Carniolan's in California was oversold.  I was intruiged by 
there claims of mite resistance. 

While the offspring from these queens were not as gentle as the 
Carniolans we use in the rest of our operation  I did not feel they were 
hot or unworkable. 

The mite counts in these colonies remained low and they have 
received no treatments so far. Many of the queens are still in 
production again this year.

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