"Charlie noted one problem with the test, but the most obvious was the bees health difference between different locations. Of all the variables, that is key. Any results are suspect if you start with a mixed bag of healthy to Varroa and nosema infested bees. That is the most important variable to control. It is obvious it was not."



There was no evidence presented to indicate that the health of the bees differed.  It was only an opinion voiced as a possible explanation for why the German bees fared better, along with the alternate possibility that nutrition from surrounding habitats varied in favor of the German bees.





Another hypothesis to explain the results could be that the German bees were merely superior.


Christina


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