A Nelson beekeeper has taken on the challenge of artificially inseminating queen bees to sell to the industry. After just two months in the hive the queen’s offspring will dominate with the genetic ability to fight the varroa mite. But bee keepers are still skeptical. "There is no magic bullet, no one else in the world has found the magic bullet for varroa and we will be as a country the same," says National Beekeepers’ Association president Barry Foster. Mr Foster says the varroa resistant bees will only work with other chemical treatments.