> Tom Seeley has clearly demonstrated that the bees don't need anything from us.  It is only when we artificially keep them in apiaries that they as a species are at risk.  It is the beekeepers that are having problems.

Tom suggests:

> Refrain from treating colonies for Varroa. To help natural selection favor Varroa-resistant bees, you will need to monitor closely the mite levels in all your colonies and kill those whose mite populations are skyrocketing long before these colonies can collapse.

Others have commented on this. Treatment free beekeepers kill their bees? In which parallel universe?

PLB

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