>>An announcement at your next beekeepers association meeting that 
free (exchange) frames of bees are available would likely lead to a 
healthy list of names willing to come and get them.

This seems like the right thing to do on the surface.  The main 
concern is foulbrood.  I got burnt [in more than one way! :)] badly 
when I bought a nice, strong nuc from a local beekeeper [who has a 
lot of hives and the title of master beekeeper...] with clinical 
American foulbrood when I was getting into beekeeping years ago.  It 
taught me a lesson not to buy or except frames from anyone...

Waldemar

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