Herve writes:
But seriously folks, if we were to stand back and let
nature take her course, it is likely that mites would
destroy all but the africans, and the africans would be the
honey bee that prevailed.

Reply:
Bull......all one has to do is go back to sizing before
bigger was better, which has now cut off the two bottom
rungs of the natural ladder (small, and now Medium),
leaving only large bees to get sick and die upon the
evolution chain.

All races can survive, but the key is....one has to want
too also! Just what is so hard with regressing the cell
size to the middle of the natural feral range and keeping
all else for equipment stable for modern convience? For
following the  cell size back, then the bees retrogress
themselves with outbreeding......to clear up the mite
problem.

Respectfully submitted,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers/ 




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