Diana Sammataro wrote about T-mites
 
>But please remember that if you start breeding mite-resistant bees you will
>also be breeding the mites: they will never go away.
 
Could I ask for a little more reasoning regarding that statement?! How does
breeding a T-mite resistant bee breed mites? I agree "they will never go
away" but surely all we are doing is producing a bee which can tolerate some
T-mites and not die. The UK has had T-mites for many, many years, and by
mainly natural selection have arrived at a stable point of symbiosis.
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