In our quest to keep varroa out of Orkney as long as possible we had decided to take action:

One of our ideas was to contact reputable suppliers of bees to ask them that in case somebody would order bees for Orkney they should pass on the address of our Beekeeping Society so that we would be able to advise them re. not importing varroa.

The suppliers South of the border were all very helpful and agreed to do this. A more local supplier based near Inverness, on the other hand, declared that there was no point in doing so and refused.

Very disappointing indeed.
Doris