> Well, only a portion of the list members ever post, and, everyone is very busy
> right now, it seems.  --

Since there are no feral bees in Alaska (with the possible exception of the
southeast - "panhandle," I don't know of that area - I have been reluctant to speak
up.  I have not been so reluctant locally.  I do believe, and have since I first
heard of the mites, that in any population there are varying degrees of
suceptibility to almost everything.  I predicted back then that given a few years
that mites would be a minor irritant rather than a problem within a few years.  Now
that seems to be coming about.

If  I could get true feral bees I would collect all I could get and give them NO
medication whatsoever.  Let those suceptible die out and make splits from the
survivors.

Tom

"Test everything.  Hold on to the good."  (1 Thessalonians 5:21)

Tom Elliott
Chugiak,  Alaska
U.S.A.
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