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Re: What happened with the Avignon bees?
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Mike Rossander <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:45:09 +0000
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>> This conclusion does not make sense.  The Avignon and Gotland bees appear to curb mite reproduction in brood through some mechanism(s) yet to be determined.
> It makes perfect sense if the lowered mite levels [were] environmentally driven
It would also make sense if what really happened was a local evolution of less virulent mites.  Was there any evidence that could exclude that alternative hypothesis?

Mike Rossander

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