> Anyone out there have some advice as to where to start in saving our
> hives?
>
>
I think importation of resistant stock or cells is certainly an option to at least consider( I dont know what hoops you would have to jump through however to import them). An aggressive program with these lines-based on my experience- could probably give you an essentially resistant population in 4 years...at least for varroa, and there are tracheal resistant strains also.
John Horton
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