James Fischer said:
>One of the most famous cases of the "elimination of ferals"
>was the Santa Cruz Island Reserve project, where Adrian Wenner
>tried and tried to eliminate all the feral colonies so
>as to return the island to an ecosystem that was 100%	 "native".

James, 
If you had taken the time to read my post more carefully, I am 
specifically referring to the failed practice of elimination of ferals 
<<<<for the purpose of containing the spread of varroa.>>>>
This tactic to contain varroa has never been successful.  The example you 
are giving has nothing to do with this.

>The attempt did not fail - it succeeded with a
>little help from varroa.

A little help?  
It would be better stated that Adrian had ‘allot of help from varroa’.  
Mans attempt did fail in this case, varroa succeeded. 

Joe

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