"Lipscomb, Al" wrote:

>
> I think there is a critical need for a mite free environment to provide us a
> fail-safe in the event we cannot control the mites. If we run out of controls
> for the multiple pests that we are now seeing in our hives (mites, beetles,
> AFB) and suffer a national or even global collapse of honeybee populations it
> would be nice to have a population to recover from.

An interesting concept, but if we "run out of controls" for our current
population of bees, what good would a similar population be.  This reserve
population will have already proven itself fataly suceptible and would be pretty
much useless for a comeback.  I would appreciate a bit more on the logic behind
this idea.

Tom


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Tom Elliott
Chugiak,  Alaska
U.S.A.
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