Tom
I have had experience with aggressive hives. My solution was to requeen
all of those hives within the month before swarming season. The change
has been dramatic. I can now work all hives in tee shirt and veil, some
require light smoking others do not. I have used mostly natural queen
rearing and mating the past five years with no known "nasties" being
produced.
Wade
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