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> Paraphrasing, the conventional wisdom is that varroa causes the death of
> all
> feral, or 'unmanaged' bee colonies. I have been looking for studies that
> might show this to be correct, instead I have found only instances where
> this may not be correct (Tom Seeley's forest bees for example).
>

Most of the controversy comes from "Varroa resistant" being coupled with
his studies. That is the major problem with the feral issue, are they
resistant or is it like Seeley's studies? I talked to him and he did not
give the study bees much of a chance if they were introduced to an apiary.

Which is why Joe's comments on ferals is encouraging. And the reason for my
question since I have not seen it in Maine.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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