>
> > At the same time we need to import genetics in order to foster
> resistance to various nasties (we have a limited gene pool with about 500
> colonies, only two serious breeders). The safest options re. minimizing the
> risk of importing nasties seems to be semen and eggs.


I cannot fathom why your regulators would allow the importation of
packages.  Importation of a few carefully-screened queens, then introduced
into quarantined hives, would allow for bringing in new genetic material,
while minimizing risk.
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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