Hello Morten, His address is: Alois Wallner Perwarth 7 A-3263 Randegg Austria He just wrote an article in "Deutsches Bienenjournal" 2/96. He selects to varroa resistance and says, that he has a group of colonies, which he didn't treat for 6 years. He calls his bees "killerbees", certainly in another than the common sense. Regards, R.E.B. NISI APES FINIS On Fri, 1 Mar 1996, Morten Brixtofte Petersen wrote: > Hello Beepeople. > The current discussion about mite resistant bees made me wonder what > happened to some apparently good breeding material: > > In an article from 1992 in the journal "Apidologie" F. Ruttner et al. > describes a strain of > Apis mellifera carnica with active defence against varroa. The article is > referred by E. Southwick in the American Bee Journal sometime in 1992 (as > far as I remember) he included a picture from the original article as well. > The bees of this strain apparently mutilate the mites e.g. "bites" off the legs > of the mites. According to the article this strains of bees had good > owerwintering capability WITHOUT treatment. The bees were selected by > an Austrian beekeeper named Alois Wallner. > > Does anyone out there know what happened to this strain of bees? > Is it possible to by breeding material (queens or semen) from this strain? > > References: Apidologie (1992) 23, 173-187 Active defense against Varroa > mites in a Carnolian strain of honeybee (Apis mellifera carnica Pollmann). > > Thank you > Regards > Morten Petersen > Denmark, Scandinavia > E-Mail [log in to unmask] >