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Subject:
learning to cope with varroa
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Roger White <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:45:07 +0300
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Chris wrote:
>>may be a heritable part of their genetic make up<<
Apparently not so.  When the queen of a hive that was coping well with Varroa was introduced into another hive in a new location, the receiving colony did not develop the same anti-varroa behaviour as the original colony.  This could be the reason why a strain of bees that has found and marketed as being resistant to Varroa performs poorly in other areas - obviously there is a lot going on that we don't understand yet.
Best regards
Roger White
Superbee Cyprus.

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