Steve wrote this:
> I donąt know, something tells me there is more to this than
> meets the eye.
Hi Steve and All
Tom Seeley does indeed ascribe the affect to changes in the pathogen:
http://www.edpsciences.org/articles/apido/abs/2007/01/m6063/m6063.html
but he isn't necessarily right. Another explanation could be that forest bees are on naturally drawn comb, until transplanted into standard hives. Dennis Murrell and others have suggested that season, cell size and hygienic behaviour all interact, to the possible benefit of bees in feral colonies.
More in the archives.
all the best
Gavin
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