On 29-Dec-17, at 9:15 PM, Juanse Barros wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 7:47 PM, Peter Borst
>
>> As Randy mentioned, the African bees in Africa developed varroa  
>> resistance
>> in less than a decade, but they didn't do it by conventional breeding
>> methods.
>
>
Hi Pete, Juanse & All

Is the timing of brood development of Scuts not part of the reason for  
their resistance to varroa?  19 days as compared to our 21 for  
workers. Warmer ambient temperatures(more beneficial to bees than  
varroa) and absconding/swarming behaviour also!

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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