There is one thing for sure,
Hand on heart,
I will never ever buy bees again, and with my experience and the amount of foul brood about I would recommend no one else does. I made a stupid school boy error, I was talked out of collecting them, which in the past I always have
Fortunately we are now in a position to raise plenty of nucs to overwinter, and now have a local supplier of top quality Danish buckie's, which is what I've missed since Ged took a step back.
The aggressive hives were to go on a pollination job we were offered at the last minute, which obviously they didn't.
I'll be totally honest also, I have offered a return of 2023 nucs with a marked quality queen of known origin as payment, as we are so out of pocket.