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Re: Hypotheses versus Reality
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Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:08:21 +0000
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Me: 

I submit the following as evidence that breeding bees has a limited effect



Randy

Those results are contrary to the experience of the Calif queen producers

that started selecting for freeze-kill hygiene some years ago.  Their rate

quickly went way up.



I also found freeze-kill hygiene to be easy to increase in a breeding

population when I selected for it in my stock back in the 1980's.



Me:

Like I said, a limited effect. These are examples of enhancing hygienic behavior within a small population, versus the Australia example of losing it in the real world. That’s what I am saying



P



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