hi again -
 
this is a follow-up to my original post . . .
 
it seems from replies (thanks, all) that i can reuse the supers and get
just any old nuc to replace the bees that left. using strips seems the
popular way to treat varroa.
 
the hive was perfectly clean, and there was no evidence of dead bees in
the area around the hive. by perfectly clean, i mean just that - no dead
bees, at all. there was a fine dust (i don't know what that migth have
been) but other than that, nothing at all.
 
the problem was diagnosed as varroa *without* the expert seeing the hive,
so there may be a problem with the diagnosis . . . are there any other
possibilities?
 
richard
 
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