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In message <[log in to unmask]>, Tim
Vaughan <[log in to unmask]> writes
>To treat just one hive or two will just result
>in reinfecting the hives you treat now a few months after treatment.
That's the fantasy. How about re-queening the fast build-up colonies
with daughters of the slow build-up ones.

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One could do that if one is willing to forget several normal harvests. But
I don't have any philosophical or religious hang-ups with using chemicals.

I treat once a year for mites, and I get lots of honey. I don't believe
that Varroa resistance will out pace technology. Not that I disagree with
selective breeding, indeed I practice it, especially with gentleness. But
one of the problems that those of us on the front line facing AHB is that
we are under very real pressure to keep our bees gentle, and that is my
priority. In the mean time, I use chemicals to keep the mites under
control, and they work fine.

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