BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: Breeding outcomes
From:
randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 4 Mar 2013 06:28:58 -0800
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (23 lines) 
>In addition, the forcing of drones to exhibit resistance to disease from
parasites (such as nosema) rapidly selects for overall resistance to
parasites in the bee population.

>
> >Hmmm.  So why do we still have problems?
>

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.

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

             ***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software.  For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html

ATOM RSS1 RSS2