In message <000a01c2d839$ead41be0$0200000a@paramita>, steve noble
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>There seems to be a Catch 22 here, is
>there not?  In selecting those genes which are most beneficial to us, we
>move in the direction of lesser genetic diversity.
Perhaps I am living in cloud cuckoo land, but our local project to
develop varroa tolerance, in its first year still, is designed to use
open mating with drone flooding and queen larvae exchange between
groups. This will be a slower approach than using II but should maintain
genetic diversity, especially since not all beekeepers will come into
the project. I am of course in an area with high genetic diversity in
the honeybee.
--
James Kilty

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