Wesley said:
How many of us are willing to admit our failures in a public forum?

In the archives I reported years ago that I lost over half my bees to varroa
twice. I lost a couple yards to tracheal mites in the 80's but varroa has
been the  hardest problem I have ever had to work through in beekeeping.

Harder than the cost of replacement was having so many deadouts to go
through. I could not even work on a truck inside the building.

Thanks to Michael Vanarsdall of Missouri Valley Honey farm of Walt Hill ,
Nebraska ( first time) and Kevin Jester  of  Jester Bee Farm of West  Ridge
, Arkansas (second time) I was able to get going again!

When varroa first hit in Missouri hives were crashing all over. I could not
find a beekeeper in Missouri not in the same situation to jump start me.
(put bees back in my deadouts)

The second time the problem was fluvalinate resistant varroa . I waited a
year watching hives die until a section 18 was given for another treatment.
Another Missouri beekeeper kept stopping the section 18 as he said the
section 18 was not needed . When he and others started having problems the
section 18 passed through the Missouri State inspection office quickly.
Again I had to go out of state to get enough bees to get back up and
running.

Bob

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