>I hear more and more of these success stories.  I would very much like to
see more researchers making the effort to track mite and virus dynamics in
these successful colonies in order to determine how they do it!

randy, i am willing to provide access to my bees or any information that would be useful, and i am sure that my supplier would be willing to as well.

i believe that having a strong prescence of surviving feral colonies nearby to supply drones is a factor.

i am going to begin this year trying to breed from my most robust colonies, as my supplier has been doing for many years.

has barbara published her thesis, and is it available via a link?

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