Originally Posted by
Trog
It would be a bit of a shame if folk started moving nucs from varroa-rich areas to places they thought there were no bees/beekeepers. In places where there's no varroa (and, I gather, in some places where there is varroa) there are still feral colonies and in the more 'remote' areas there are beekeepers who are not SBA members or members of a local association, so no way of checking whether or not there are bees in the area. In other 'remote' areas, folk have bought package bees because they were unable to find local stock, and those would happily mix with your native stock!
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