I just got home from looking at a tree in someones yard that has bees in
it. The bees where falling out of the hole in the tree when I picked up a
bee it had deformed wing virus. So I would say they are doing fine at
breeding varroa. The tree is very close to the house and they had called a
tree removal service and that discovered bees in the tree. They called to
me because they wanted to save the bees, they had not noticed the sick bees.

So though other parts of the country may have less mites or bees that can
withstand some burden Maine still has bees that can not and I really never
see many bee trees any more, this is the second one in 4 years. The other
is in my own yard and the queen is a VSH queen from a treatment free
breeder but I do not think she stands a chance with what is around her. I
am such an optimistic person when it comes to dealing with varroa...

Karen T-K

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