> In conclusion, the assessment of the hygienic behavior through FKB assays had previously been shown to be reliable to select for resistance against multiple brood diseases, such as American foulbrood and chalkbrood (Spivak & Reuter, 2001a Spivak, M., & Reuter, G.S. (2001a). Resistance to American foulbrood disease by honey bee colonies Apis mellifera bred for hygienic behavior. However ... we could not show any significant correlation of the outcome of the test with the infestation nor with the reproductive success of the mite.

Gil Leclercq, Tjeerd Blacquière, Nicolas Gengler & Frédéric Francis (2018) Hygienic removal of freeze-killed brood does not predict Varroa-resistance traits in unselected stocks, Journal of Apicultural Research, 57:2, 292-299, DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2018.1426350

This was posted by Peter back on 1 March.

I am curious about the fact that it is for "unselected stock".  Does this imply that if the stock was elected for something (not sure what) that the results would be different?

Trevor Weatherhead
Australia

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