In message <[log in to unmask]>, Tim
Vaughan <[log in to unmask]> writes
>It will be nice
>if you can breed a strain of bees that are productive, disease resistant,
>mite resistent and gentle. I don't have the resources or knowledge though.
My point with a clumsy post was that if you are already breeding for
gentleness, you could select further by breeding from colonies that have
gentleness and the lowest mite count. There would be no extra work. Ther
would be extra work if you wanted to speed up the process, and involve
as much isolation as you could get and selecting and moving the drone
colonies to the vicinity of the mating apiary and removing all others.
--
James Kilty

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