Dean writes:
> You have cited a demonstrated instance of honeybees adapting to varroa. 
Why is this not worth doing with EHB stock?  Who, besides Dee, has been
willing to lose 90% of their stock and still not treat? 

Again, you should study the background on this. Marla Spivak, John Harbo,
Kirk Webster, Mike Johnston, and many others have been working on this for
decades.

By the way, my contention is that the natural size of EHB cells is and has
always been 5.2 to 5.3. But whether smaller cells inhibit varroa
reproduction is a separate issue.

SEE:
"The influence of brood comb cell size on the reproductive behavior of the
ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor in Africanized honey bee colonies"
Giancarlo A. Piccirillo and D. De Jong
Genet. Mol. Res. 2 (1): 36-42 (2003)

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