Bob said:
Feral genetics pale in my opinion compared to the Russian bee genetics of a
hundred years of natural selection but to each his own!


Hello,

Ferals and Russians both do not have 22 to 25 million years of natural
selection?,,,one more evolved than the other?   The estimated date varroa
had jumped species to Apis mellifera in Russian bees is less than hundred
years, apx. 1963 to be exact.  On the evolutionary scale, that would be
even-par.  In reality, ferals unhindered by selection restraints such as
those placed on Russian bees by domestic beekeeping practices,  may in
fact evolve resistance to varroa at a faster and more efficient rate than
the Russians have.

Cheers,

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