>mike s said I'm going to repeat a question I posed in earlier posts, "What, if anything, are you doing to try to incorporate >hygienic behavior into your colonies' genetic structure?  How are you testing for this?"  I think, hope, that the major way we, >incorporating all beekeepers no matter what level, can overcome the varroa mite problem is to develop bees that are >resistant/tolerant to mite infestation. 

I don't test, I do monitor for mites, and will use the queen with the characteristic that fit what I am doing.  Here is a thread from another site that talked about VHS and hygienic behavior and included some people that raise queens.

http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?277652-VSH-Breeding

mike Syracuse ny 

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