I am in the process of taking over a competitor's hives. Of his over 100
hives there are only about 20 still alive (He was a little late treating).
I visited the last yard today and there was a neat row of 20 hives. Of the
20 there was only one alive. Three of the hives had full supers of honey on
them. I opened the one live hive and it was overflowing with bees and guess
what else?
                            Three Apistan strips
So much for developing natural resistance to Varroa.
 
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