<<Just one of many reasons a serious beekeeper trying to make a  living needs 
to raise their own 
queens. >>

Not  necessarily.  There is something called vertical transmission - where 
the  queen can pass a virus along to her eggs and  offspring offspring.   
Raising your own queens won't help if  you've got viruses in your operation that can 
be transmitted vertically.
 
We are beginning to see that the strategy of adding young bees to colonies  
used to produce queens is a quick way of introducing viruses into your breeding 
 system.
 
jerry



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