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Hayden Bee Research Center, USDA-ARS,Tucson, Arizona |
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Adrian Wenner wrote:
> On 2 June, Bill Truesdell wrote:
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> >Several years ago Adrian wrote of some colonies he discovered that had
> >survived in the wild and possibly were varroa resistant. Just wonder
> >what happened to them?
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> Actually, Paul Cronshaw has been maintaining such colonies for several
> years now. Our only problem has been starvation in the remote beeyard he
> has.
I'm not trying to open yet another can of worms, but we have plenty of
varroa-resistant colonies in this area, one of our cooperators is presently
running forty (40) beeyards with them, the methods to select for them have been
published several times, and yet this seems to be fresh news to many
beekeepers.
- John Edwards, Tucson
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