I looked at your website..
If I read correctly, it seems likely that your bees may have
requeened-perhaps multiple times- while surrounded by the bees of the
migratory beek. This of course would mean a dilution of your genetics.It
doesnt preclude the possibilty that you are on the down side of what may be
a pathogen-bee dance, or some "new" pathogen, but I would expect
degradation based on dilution alone(of course the severity would depend on
the genetics of the migratory beeks bees).
John Horton
N Alabama
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