Hi Matthhew & All,

> My personal opinion of culling is that you become a burden on the
remaining
> beekeepers by non-contribution in killing off your gene pool. That is -IF-
> you believe that successful varroa (and other) survivors aren't just in
the
> apiaries of specialty bee breeders - but in our own backyards and
apiaries.
>

This is one of the fine points of beekeeping I have been trying to explain
to so called beekeepers in Alaska who snuff bees in the fall. I believe we
need all the resources we can manage to survive the winters to build from.
  .  ..
c(((([
Keith Malone