>>...true with all varroa tolerant bees I have tested. Small winter
clusters and not prolific *for our area*.
This is what has been said of the so-called SMR bees - tolerant of
varroa but not productive. I inquired about those bees with Strachan
Apiaries a couple of years ago and they said, at the time, they were
considering the SMR line for this reason.
Waldemar
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