I am perfectly happy to just be a fool.

I do know that in areas with AHB they still use them for pollination
but they keep the colony sizes small and in the range of 4-5 frames
which around here would be called a nuc or starter colony. They just
use more of them and work a bit more carefully than those of us who
are used to more gentle bees.


Systemic allergy to beesting would be a bummer, I sure hope it never
happens to me as it would ruin a great hobby.