Peter:
Try acclimitized instead of naturalized for bees to fit
into a local area.

As for your saying: "But to say that bees are suffering
from varroa because of the use of chemicals is absurd. The
varroa came first, not the chemicals." 

Funny how this occurred with Apis mellifera in Southeast
Asia in the 1960s transfered over onto upsized honeybees,
that were then moved back to EU area in transport. It is
true like you say chemicals followed to try to shortgap
solve the problem. But putting the bees back down to
sizings used prior to upsizing, now that is the big holdup
from a failed experiment. Most in problem solving go back
to point problem started and then redo wrong path taken.
With beekeeping, we just seem to want short-term fixes
until another can be found.

Respectfully submitted,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers/

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