Hello All

I came across information recently to the effect that certain types of bees
are more aggressive towards the varroa mites than others. This aggression
varies directly with the housekeeping propensity of the bees.

Such housekeeping skills can be identified by killing a patch of brood in
the cells, using liquid nitrogen or the lower technology approach of killing
the brood with a sharp instrument, and then examining the percentage of the
dead brood which has been removed by the bees.

Then breed from the bees showing the best results in terms of dead brood
removal and you have the beginning of a varroa resistant bee.

Is there anything in this?

Sincerely

Tom Barrett
49 South Park, Foxrock
Dublin 18
Ireland
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