Ron was trying to get a fairly pure strain of AMM, which the bees 
pictured are plainly not, but switched to selection for varroa 
resistance as he considers this to be more pressing.   Rodger Dewhurst 
and cronies in W.Cornwall are trying to do both. Rodger has noted that 
the bees that tug at the hairs on the back of your hand are from hives 
that show some resistance. Somebody visiting the far east recently 
noted that it is the habit of the local bees, Apis cerana, to do this.  
      Chris

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