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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Breeder of queens Koss" data-source="post: 13790" data-attributes="member: 449">Hi all! I have not written on the forum for a long time. I want to share good news. A group of colonies that live without treatment since November 2023 passed a winter hardiness test.  Of the 30 colonies, only 2 died.  In another group of colonies, which does not have resistance to the tick and is used to grow it (tick) in colonies. Of the 10 colonies, 2 colonies died.    The season was not easy, for almost three months there was a very strong heat - the temperature reached +40 С.And winter brought its surprises. January was very warm and the bees carried pollen, and there was a brood in the colonies. In February, the weather changed, and there were negative temperatures for a month. Reached -15 С.   February made me be very nervous.     I am very glad that the colonies survived and this season the work on the stability of the bees to the tick will continue this season</blockquote>

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