"I sold about 100 nucs this year. Explained that, although the queens were
out of resistant lines [Harbo, Glenn] they should treat in August. I've
received several calls about how the hives are crashing, after very good
summers. When I ask what they treated with there is a silence and then
admission that they didn't treat."
Have you considered the possibility that the bees you sold were loaded with
mites? Or maybe the comb was old and black and carried some other problem
in addition to the mites?
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