Ramona writes: "We use the term "treatment-free" to describe how we keep bees, ...."
My question is, would treatment by the powdered sugar method be construed to be included in the treatment-free definition?
I presently am able to work my bees without any treatment of any kind what-so-ever. However, that does not say that come two weeks from now I will have colonies crashing. I live 1/2 way between Montgomery and Mobile and seemingly nose ma has not been a problem in my area. The bees have been flying almost weekly if not daily this winter. It has been a most unusual year here. They were bringing in pollen the week of Christmas, in abundance. Think I would have a better idea of what was going on if I had marked all of my queens, instead of just some of them. Oh well, lessons learned.
Mike in LA
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