I found a colony that had a real good tolerance to varroa.  But after 2
attempts at hygienic testing by pin prick method on this colony,  I
discovered that it tested the poorest of them all and even resulted in the
colony sealing back up the cells.  Further visual examination revealed
that there seemed to be a disproportionately large amount of capped brood
in relation to uncapped brood, but the broodnest was developing well with
a nice pattern of young larvae, and the colony looked to be very healthy,
ans is among my better performers.

I checked the capped brood and found uncapped brood that appeared to be
the result of wax worm, suggesting further that they were non-hygienic.
Many of the workers in the capped brood appeared to have DWV and mites and
looked to be dead.  Seemingly, the colony had a trait that was beneficial
to the colony, keeping infested cells sealed to prevent varroa from
spreading.  Even though it was a survivor,  I decided it best to requeen
the colony.

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