a Jerry Bromenshenk snip followed by > my comment..
I hate to be this way, but most of us have known that AFB tends to be varroa tolerant. What's new here?
>Nothing beyond what it took 2000 year for 'science' to learn. As Bertrand Russel said (The History of Western Philosophy) science did not go far or provide much value to the world until science shifted the question from asking why to asking the question how? Basically taking the explanation of science out of the realm of religious belief and into the hands of mechanism (function).
>People may know africanized bees are somewhat varroa tolerate but the underlying question is how is this so, or what mechanism is in play to make for this difference. The next question should be is this behavioral or genetic?
Gene in Central Texas...
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