>>>  ... results suggest that there is not necessarily a strong relationship between hygiene against FKB [freeze-killed brood] and hygiene against varroa.
>>>   ... selecting instead using varroa levels as your selection criterion will likely also result in selection for brood hygiene.

So, would a proper evaluation process be periodic testing of the colonies by using the alcohol wash?   One thing I hate about that is the killing of bees.   I wouldn't mind the powdered sugar shake, but I've gathered from the discussion on this list that that method of varroa infestation determination is not accurate.  I would love to have great VSH bees that also produce large populations and subsequently large honey production.  

Any suggestions on how to proceed to do this would be appreciated.  

Mike in LA
A small beekeeper striving to keep as many chems as possible out of his hives


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