--- Bill Truesdell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
...while
> waiting for SMR to work its way into the mainstream,
> most would decide
> to wait.

You'll be waiting for a long time.  ;>)

The SMR bees do not exist.
The trait was explained by Ibrahim and Spivak as
hygienic behavior.

The belief was that the bees somehow had the   ability
to cause infertility of mites and suppressed mite
reproduction, hence the acronym SMR.  But research has
shown that it was the hygienic trait being expressed.

WARNING: do not believe this research just yet!

You will still have to wait for Bob, Jim & Co. to give
'valid research blessings' before accepting this, it
could be flawed and sloppy research.  ;>)

http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/Publications.htm?seq_no_115=178712

Joe Waggle ~ Derry, PA
Small Cell Beekeeping
‘Bees Gone Wild Apiaries'
http://www.biologicalbeekeeping.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Organicbeekeepers/



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