D Warr wrote:
>
> Why is it that the direct ancestors of insects found in resin 42 milion
> years old, will today die out in large numbers from the attack of a Varroa
> mite of equal pedigree. Surely in all that time similar threats have been
> dealt with successfully?
In all of these so-called threats to honeybees, what we have is a threat to
human beekeepers. There are still feral or wild colonies the world over that
will deal with these threats. A beekeeper however who waits for his bees to
develop their own methods will go out of business.
Rejoice in the birth of Christ.
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"Test everything. Hold on to the good." (1 Thessalonians 5:21)
Tom Elliott
Eagle River, Alaska
U.S.A.
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