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Varroa and a novice beekeeper Thank you both for your replies. My beekeeper said the nucleus will be a young queen and about 10,000 bees, but didnt say much about the mite. I will ask him if he has treated them when I go to collect them. If I have any problems, i'll let you know.

Varroa and a novice beekeeper Hello to you all I have just bought my first national hive and ordered a nucleus colony from a local beekeeper. I am a bit worried about the mite problem. Is Varroa so endemic now in the south-east of the UK that my bees will be delivered already carrying the mite...