On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Allen Dick wrote:
 
> The obvious problem with relying on trying to breed a less sucessful
> varroa is that it will obviously be replaced in the fullness of time
> with a more agressive variety -- especially in circumstances where
> defenses against varroa are used to protect the bees.
>
> There is not even the probability of being able to have the former
> interbreed with the more sucessful variety to lower viability since a
> given varroa group may not breed outside its own family very often,
> and only then when populations get large (which is precisely what is not
> supposed to happen with the lower viability strains).
>  Hi Allen and All, When breeding Varroa, anything you do , you have a
chance to come up with a super mite. That has a negative point to it which
I would not like to face.We could have a Researcher expound on the
possibilities.
 We are complex enough , with this mite problem.
Best Regards
 Roy