Bottom line, I'll put my money on the bees developing resistance rather than on the mites becoming benign--so long as we maintain high host
(colony) density.

I agree,  it sounds better.   But is it accurate?  What if one "type of mite" smells different"  bites harder or some other minute difference which triggers better grooming habits??

Do we know how many different  "lines" of mites are in a hive??  Or are they all very closely related??
What happens when you look at mites in say Tim, hives,  or MB  hives and compare them to other regions?


Charles

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