<<Just one of many reasons a serious beekeeper trying to make a living needs
to raise their own
queens. >>
Not necessarily. There is something called vertical transmission - where
the queen can pass a virus along to her eggs and offspring offspring.
Raising your own queens won't help if you've got viruses in your operation that can
be transmitted vertically.
We are beginning to see that the strategy of adding young bees to colonies
used to produce queens is a quick way of introducing viruses into your breeding
system.
jerry
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