Hi All

Joe wrote:

 > Thus, their resistant bees (to varroa mite) actually may have
 > been bees selected to produce less brood and to be less able to
 > sustain mite population growth.  Consequently, they
 > also would have been less able to collect a surplus of honey.

You can analyse this differently...

If the low number of brood (and hence mites) is due to a longer life 
span of individual bees, then there is no change in possible honey 
gathering potential.


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