Allen wrote: "I have often been bitten on the wrists by bees.."
Were these more on some hives than others? Were the bees biting the skin or plucking hairs? West Cornwall BKA has been trying to select for resistance to varroa and have observed that hives whose bees tug the hairs of the beekeeper are more successful at keeping varroa under control than those that don't.
Chris
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