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Re: AFB infection rates
From:
Al Lipscomb <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:53:57 -0500
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allen Dick [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 6:54 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: AFB infection rates
>
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> Steve Tabor wrote an interesting article in a recent US bee
> magazine about how destruction of hives with even one cell of
> AFB, rather than hives that were entirely overcome, resulted
> in selection *away from* AFB resistance instead of towards
> resistance as intended.
>

I wish I would have seen that article.

(thinking out loud)

I would guess that destroying a hive with a small amount of AFB would be
jumping the gun. The hive has not demonstrated a weakness, yet. If the
AFB gets worse the hive is not resistant and the genetics need to be
removed from the yard. If the hive cleans out the AFB then it is
resistant and you want those genes in your pool.

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