Yes, absolutely, both are needed. Domestic production should be ramped up, and it has its place. Although in years like 2022, when there were widespread bee losses across the country, in most years or more commonly we'll have one area of the country that has a higher loss than normal. In those years, possibly domestic production could be more of a filler to fill that gap. If the west has a good winter but the east doesn't, we then could provide some bees to the east.
On April 24th, 2023. See this statement in context.