>"no treatment" having proven to be an unworkable
option for us at present.

Hi Allen,

I am in agreement with you.
If its unworkable, then do not
risk your bees with no treatments.

I didn't hold this opinion in the past,
but I have come to the realization
that there are areas where it may be
impossible to go treatment free.

It seems that a healthy feral
population or good out-mating
combined with low mite pressure
in the local population may have 
much to do with succeeding
without the use of treatments.

To test a theory that any
bee can survive in my area,
I would like to get a half
dozen queens which are 
sold under the trade name
of 'Italian bee' to test in
a yard.

Although I am maintaining
an open mind for the test,
I am rather confident that they 
will thrive without treatments.
 
Best Wishes
Joe Waggle

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