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Re: Colony numbers up or down?
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 23 Mar 2015 07:02:21 -0700
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> > I also suspect that thy to select for multiple factors (say t. mites and
> v. mites) at the same time may be nearly impossible.


Biological evolution does not understand the concept of "impossible."  The
numerous surviving matrilines of feral bees in North America certainly
suggest that selection for resistance to both mites is not impossible.


-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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