>> Who needs them. Why cant a beekeeper do away with a hot hive
irrespective of the race?

You can. The point is to send a copious alcohol preserved sample to the
labs so AHB can be tracked, that's all. For you and me this means
nothing as far as that we just have HOT bees, but its important for the
researchers to be able to track the progress of the spread if there is
one. You don't even have to request results back if you don't want them,
but I would still encourage beekeepers to send samples to the labs.

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