Hello,

Randy, you here?

I was planing on getting about 6 queens
for establishing colonies for comparison.

I thought it might be a good opportunity 
to test mite load and evaluate how colonies
perform in my area.

I plan on starting 12 hives with new
foundation.  

Foundation will be 5.1 mm

All will be hived with May feral swarms.

6 will be requeened with commercial queens.
Maybe I can send the 6 replaced feral queens 
to you to check out if you want them. (This will be 
around mid May)

I am not revealing the source of the queens.
However, I will only reveal the source if
results are favorable to the supplier.  This is 
NOT a test of commercial queens, it is a test 
of the mite pressure in my area, and it would 
not be fair nor my intent to cause harm to 
others. 

I would like to post results on here on 
the list.  Each hive will be identified only
by a random number.  I would expect
the test to run at least 2 years.

Randy, if you have time could you set
me up with suggestions for testing 
criteria you believe would be helpful?

Best Wishes,
Joe Waggle

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