>>David, this is something that I've noticed too. I'm not sure whether it is
simply because I am running more hygienic bees, because there is less feral
population, or what.
Randy,
I've heard it suggested several times in the past that feral colonies can be a source of foulbrood. It has puzzled me since I have not removed a single feral colony with clinical symptoms of foulbrood. [I let the brood from feral combs emerge before melting the comb down not because I fear foulbrood but because bees draw out better combs from scratch.] None of the feral colonies I've hived showed foulbrood.
Is there any documented evidence that ferals outsource foulbrood? I think negligent beekeepers are the main source.
Waldemar
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