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Date: | Sat, 9 Apr 2022 10:49:17 -0400 |
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There are at least two branches to this discussion. One is guided evolution, i.e. bee breeding, and the other obvious branch is natural evolution the Bond Method (managed )and wild Survivor Stock (unmanaged) .
It is clear that, left to themselves bees either adapt or die out. We have a number of documented examples of bees in the wild that have been noted since the arrival of varroa to North America. The problem with such stock is the survivor bees are often useless to beekeeping for profit. I had a strain like that developed by a let-alone beekeeper in the mountains of BC. They survived alright but made nothing for me.
On the other hand, there have been many deliberate bee breeding programs that have had various levels of success. Most, I understand, have eventually ended and the results lost when the central personality retired, died, or lost interest. One example is the Birch Hill bees that were highly respected in their time but not heard from in recent years (decades?).
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