Beekeepers in the Russian bee breeding program are finding that chemical 
treatments are not necessary, so Steve Taber is probably right in the 
fact that it will remove the genetic material that is susceptible 
thereby leaving only resistant stock to breed from. So if we let nature 
take her course,
as with the Russian bees who have already had 100+ years of no 
treatments by Russian beekeepers, in 100+ years we will be better off. 
No we will not be left with just Africans.

We do have USDA bee labs that will do the research for us.  Why not use 
them?  If we do not show the government that we want these bee labs, 
they will cut funding and we will lose a wonderful resource for 
obtaining future research information.

Harper's Honey Farm
Charlie
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