"The survival of the "feral colonies" was not due to any unique trait of the
bees, but instead, due to traits in the local population of the 
>>>VARROA mites<<<."

I talked with Tom about this. The other candidate was bee behavior. Small
colonies that swarmed often breaking the brood cycle.

Dick Marron

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