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Re: Breeding outcomes
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Geoff Manning <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 6 Mar 2013 17:36:05 +1100
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On 5/03/2013 1:28 AM, randy oliver wrote:
> Not sure if you're just being humorous Peter. If bees weren't 
> resistant to nosema, all colonies would be dead. There are tradeoffs 
> for resistance. Nature selects for a balance, not the sort of 
> perfection that beekeepers dream of. 

Known as an "arms race".  After all the disease organism also 'wishes' 
to live and prosper.

Geoff Manning

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