Adrian Wenner <[log in to unmask] wrote:
 
> And, no, I would not want the virgin
> queens from my colonies mating with drones that have cruised forth from
> many managed bee colonies some distance remote from this area.  Those
> drones would have come from colonies kept alive with the use of Apistan
> strips (a weak strain of bees, so to speak).
 
I don't see how you draw the inferred conclusion that a drone from a
treated colony is genetically weakened. Is it not possible that a colony
can have some genetic resistance to Varroa but just happened to be managed
by a beekeeper and therefore treated?
 
Just because I receive antibiotics after I have a surgery does not mean
that my offspring will be genetically weakened (challenged). My genetic
material remains the same.