Hi Brian & All,

> Maybe what we need instead of imports is a higher ethic or a
> regulation requiring queen breeders selling in the USA to be doing
> something about the mite problem instead of putting a queen in a
> queen cage and charging $12.
>
> It appears to me that the solutions to the mite problem are within
> reach but takes a regimented commitment to doing the work and
> selectvely breeding a mite resistant bee. Of course this require a lot
> more effort then just shipping a queen to pay the bills or importing
> bees to profit on the current situation.
>

Brian, perhaps instead of demanding others do the work of breeding good
queens you and the rest of the beekeepers in the USA should begin breeding
bees too. Lots of potential resistant stock go by the way side when a colony
is re-queened by breeders stock. Also, I might suggest that you should not
demand something of anyone that your not will to do yourself. This is what a
good leader does. To me breeding bees is what all beekeepers should be doing
by default and design.

 . ..   Keith Malone, Chugiak, Alaska USA, http://www.cer.org/,
c(((([ , Apiarian, http://takeoff.to/alaskahoney/,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/akbeekeepers/ ,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Norlandbeekeepers/ ,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ApiarianBreedersGuild/

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