> certainly, traits can beselected that may help limit varroa in the hive,
but that in itself wont

> help with varroa brought back to the hive during robbing
>

I don't follow this logic at all.  If a colony has the traits to groom 99%
of mites in a few minutes, then mite drift would not be a problem.

Ditto if mites can't reproduce--even with major drift, still not much of a
problem.

The statement also doesn't take into account that once all stocks are
resistant, that there simply wouldn't be that much of a reservoir of varroa
out there to be robbed from.

Randy Oliver

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