We had a beekeepers meeting last night and one of our members reminded 
me how I started him out in beekeeping. I sold him 6 nucs in 2000 he has 
now 200 colonies from those 6 nucs he does not treat his bees at all I 
do supply him with queen cells. I do not treat my bees at all loses are 
tolerable 15% to 25% the bees that survive need to be split or they will 
be in the trees.
So some of us no treatment beekeepers are sill around and keeping bees.
You need to find a resistant bee first for it to work. You will not find 
it in the old lines of bees if the genetic diversity is not there you 
will not find it no mater how many colonies you play with.

With Russians you cannot mix them with other races of bee in the same 
yard that also includes your close neighbors. The drifting bees from 
those colonies are a problem for Russian bees and drones drift quite a bit.


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Harper's Honey Farm
Charles Harper
421 Louveteau Rd.
Carencro, LA 70520
www.russianbreeder.com
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