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> >That probaly explains why resistant hives end up as small colonies.
Not necessarily. Mites that die in the brood cells don't reproduce. This
allows the bee race to strike a stable host-parasite relationship with
varroa.
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Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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