version original en anglais :
The only way to have a sustainable system of beekeeping is to stop treating. Treating is a death spiral that is now collapsing. To leverage this, though you really need to raise your own queens from local surviving bees. Only then can you get bees who genetically can survive and parasites that are in tune with their host. As long as we treat we get weaker bees who can only survive if we treat, and stronger parasites who can only survive if they breed fast enough to keep up with our treatments. No stable relationship can develop until we stop treating.
source: Michael Bush,www.bushfarms.com
voir la page web de Michael Bush,apiculteur naturelle,USA
voir aussi la page web de Kirk Webster : The Gateway to Treatment Free Beekeeping |