>> This conclusion does not make sense. The Avignon and Gotland bees appear to curb mite reproduction in brood through some mechanism(s) yet to be determined.
> It makes perfect sense if the lowered mite levels [were] environmentally driven
It would also make sense if what really happened was a local evolution of less virulent mites. Was there any evidence that could exclude that alternative hypothesis?
Mike Rossander
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