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Re: Evolution, or not
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Bill T <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 12 Jun 2015 08:28:04 -0400
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Intresting discussion but it neglects the elephant in the room. Varroa is
not the problem but the carrier of the problem- viruses and other
pathogens. As noted by many here, low Varroa loads can be distructive when
before they were not. So we can have a bee that keeps Varroa down but still
have virus kill the hive. It is not Varroa resistance but virus resistance.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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