On Sun, 31 Mar 1996, David. E. Goble wrote: > >prefer this approach to roaming the globe in search of the perfect bee. > >If a project like this is supported, we should soon have a population of > >bees to work with that will be as good as those anywhere. > > > In response to these postings, > > You do not have to breed a resistant strain,All you need a clean > hive and foundation, hatching brrod and a new queen from a Varroa free > supplier and exclude all the older field bees from these hive , by placing > it on a new isolated site, thi can be successful in at least 90% of any attempt. > Mite infection can not be controlled by immuniological or toxicological > genetic controll. I hope this an April fool prank and not realy advice. Vince