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Hayden Bee Research Center, USDA-ARS,Tucson, Arizona |
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Bob & Liz wrote:
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> At the ABF
> convention in Austin,Texas I found most Texas beekeepers use the *kick the
> hive test* . If bees boil out and are aggressive they requeen by dividing
> the hive into three nucs and requeening with European queens. The beekeepers
> logic was simple. If they are that aggressive they need requeening anyway.
> DNA tests are ok but they involve time AND many as Barry says are
> inconclusive. In my opinion DNA is best used after a aggressive hive has
> been destroyed which has caused a stinging incident to see if AHB or only a
> swarm of bad tempered European bees were the source of the problem.
Bob/All:
I guess we finally agree on something - if the colony stings or runs too
much, it needs work.
- Thanks,
John Edwards, USDA-ARS BeeLab, Tucson, Arizona
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