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Subject:	Re: Do locally adapted honey bees exist in USA ?
From:	Ruth Zajicek <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 6 Apr 2018 07:13:55 -0400
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For the past 7 years, I have been selecting annually for the bees in each of my yards for survival (hard to mate a dead queen) and honey production. After taking big losses this year, despite regular mite counts and several treatments, I have identified the common quality among all of my surviving hives in the six yards I keep. And that commonality is that all the survivors are descendants of Perdue Unversity-sourced VSH queens. Some are forth or fifth generation at this point. So are these bees locally-adapted now? It leads me to propose that the biggest selecting factor in each of my yards is varroa and the viruses it vectors. I think I’ll leave the queen breeding efforts to the pros. 

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