Dan writes:

20%/year---does that mean that in 5-8 years almost all the
colonies will be AHB.

Reply:
No, they will be SC acclimitized hives, as the LC hives are
in trouble from parasitic mites and accompanying secondary
diseases, and their artificial platform of largeness is
falling apart now........So what is so-called
africanization? 

Why are so many afraid of going back to a natural system of
beekeeping and following the bees?

respectfully submitted,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers/



		
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