Hi Bill,

You will get a lot of interest in your bees as there is a large shortage. Most associations are trying to provide bees for the influx of new members. You need to be careful when selling bees as there are some areas in Scotland that are still Varroa free so if your bees have varroa you do not want to be selling them to somebody in a varroa free area. There is also some groups in Scotland trying to establish native black bees and have started conservation programmes again you need to be careful that your bees are not foreign imports that end up near these areas. It is easy to get a check on how native your bees are by sending a sample of about 30-50 bees for morphometric measurement. I can arrange this for you if interested.

Jimbo