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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 10154" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>This survey reflects what I'm seeing in my own hives. My losses are still well below the national average but every year it gets just that little bit harder to keep hives alive and healthy.</p><p>There are a lot of losses attributed to Queen failure but varroa can be blamed for a lot of those as well, queens don't last like they used to. There have always been queenless hives and drone layers but they have increased markedly since varroa and I now find it unusual to find a two year old Queen when I am <s>requesting</s> requeening whereas it used to be the norm. I also see a lot more beautiful looking new Queen's being superseded straightaway.</p><p>For the last five years I have had less hives all of which have been on permanent sites and I have not done any pollination so I have been able to observe the hives more closely. With overstocking, low prices, varroa resistance, large amounts of unsold honey, oversupplied markets, increased costs and ever worsening varroa damage unless something changes soon New Zealand beekeeping is heading for a major C F.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 10154, member: 207"] This survey reflects what I'm seeing in my own hives. My losses are still well below the national average but every year it gets just that little bit harder to keep hives alive and healthy. There are a lot of losses attributed to Queen failure but varroa can be blamed for a lot of those as well, queens don't last like they used to. There have always been queenless hives and drone layers but they have increased markedly since varroa and I now find it unusual to find a two year old Queen when I am [S]requesting[/S] requeening whereas it used to be the norm. I also see a lot more beautiful looking new Queen's being superseded straightaway. For the last five years I have had less hives all of which have been on permanent sites and I have not done any pollination so I have been able to observe the hives more closely. With overstocking, low prices, varroa resistance, large amounts of unsold honey, oversupplied markets, increased costs and ever worsening varroa damage unless something changes soon New Zealand beekeeping is heading for a major C F. [/QUOTE]
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