"I sold about 100 nucs this year. Explained that, although the queens
were out of resistant lines [Harbo, Glenn] they should treat in
August. I've received several calls about how the hives are crashing,
after very good summers. When I ask what they treated with there is a
silence and then admission that they didn't treat. Most say they
didn't want to put "that stuff" in their hives."

"Common sense should tell us, though, that 100 nucs are from more than
one hive and maybe several yards.  The fact that the writer does not
say that all his hives or even a percent of them went the same way as the
negligent buyers' hives ..."

Negligent buyers?

If I sold 100 nucs or 100 sheep or 100 chickens and they all died in short
order in the hands of various customers I would have to ask myself if all
of the buyers were negligent.  I'd wonder if possibly there was something
not quite right in what I sold.

I would also wonder how long the customers would keep coming back.

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