>     Someone in the research community needs to be checking these "survivors"
> to find out why they are surviving, i.e., what is the mechanism of resistance
> to varroa? And is this only a mild-climate phenomenon?

I wonder what ever happened to the HIP project.  It worked along the line of
selecting hives that did not need any assistance and should have paid off by
now.  Haven't heard from Jack Griffes for a year now.

allen