Has anyone bought any queens from the Orkneys,i see there is a queen breeder there called Erland Omand. Interesting to know what these are like.
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No but I have supplied bees to Shetland. 
Aparently they would be vsh bee's,how you would know this for sure in a place with no varroa,i don't know.
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So if I was to puchase a mated queen from them they should stay Verroa free at least until the next generation ?
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In a word no.
the Shetland beekeeper told me that some one arrived with bees so is he still varroa free? I would imaging Orkney to be the same.
bloody silly but there it is, the SE could have banned that but chose not to. After all bees are not important.
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the Shetland beekeeper told me that some one arrived with bees so is he still varroa free? I would imaging Orkney to be the same.
bloody silly but there it is, the SE could have banned that but chose not to. After all bees are not important.
PH
