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>> >About 5 years ago, Dr.Medhat Nasr and the Ontario Beekeepers Assoc.
>> >formed The Ontario BeeBreeders Assoc. a loose group dedicated to breeding a
>> >Trachael (T mite) resistant strain.
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>> Isn't this what Brother Adam claims to have done back in about 1920?
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>Yes it is and he succeeded well. Buckfast queens and indeed most
>UK raised queens are very resistant to T-mites _in_the_UK_.
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>The trouble is, attempts to breed from UK queens in the US doesn't
>(didn't?) seem to have been able pass that resistance on into the US.
That last statement is incorrect! Here in Ontario Canada we have T-mite
resistance. Our breeding program added Buckfast to our Ontario bees and the
resistance genes have been fixed. More to follow on our methods!!!!
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