I tried earlier today to send to [log in to unmask] and it failed.  I wanted
to ask your advice on a see-through display hive, since I wonder if I can put
it inside my house. (sealed, of course)  But my message didn't go through.
Forgive me for replying on the network, but could you please email me on the
signature below so I can learn some facts or purchase the video?  THnaks
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> Respond to pollinator
>
>    I collected three swarms this season, that I believed to have originated
> from stock that was never treated for varroa, or was wild for several
> generations at least. I put these in a beeyard close to home and did not
> treat them with apistan. Two have died; the third looks good so far. If they
> go till spring, I'll be looking at them real hard.
>    We have a local beekeeper who has been in a nursing home for about four
> years and of his 50 or so hives two are still alive. I've been trying to talk
> him into selling them to me, but so far, no luck. The bees are as black as
> any stock I've seen. I don't think they are carniolan, but they don't act as
> defensive as many of the black wild or german bees that we sometimes see.
>    I agree that we should be closely monitoring wild stock. We have to treat
> commercial bees, or go out of business. But that doesn't stop us from testing
> out the few wild strains we can still find.
>
> Reply:  Pollinator @aol.com.
 
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