>> (I had been adding hygienic and supposedly varroa tolerant stock)

> I would be interested in your opinion on how you would rank the queens you 
> have been using.

I addressed the hygienic aspect in my previous response and realise that I 
did not comment on varroa tolerance.

In that regard, I suppose my results speak for themselves, however some of 
the varroa tolerant stock was introduced this year in splits and the results 
are not readily apparent - yet. 

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