>
> >I would respectfully disagree.


The long history of evolutionary processes on this planet suggests that you
may wish to reconsider.
*Apis cerana* was able to evolve enough resistance to varroa to make it a
minor problem.
Ditto for *A.m. scutellata *and* capensis.  *Ditto for the Africanized bee,
and for any number of feral populations in the U.S.

There is plenty of evidence that given enough selective pressure, the honey
bee is able to develop resistance mechanisms against varroa (and the
viruses).  We have merely prolonged the agony by not getting serious about
breeding.

Just because something entails hard work doesn't mean that it's
impossible.  Every beekeeper has the choice of being either part of the
solution, or part of the problem.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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