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. Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman or http://www.dave-cushman.net Short FallBack M/c, Build 6.02/3.1 (stable) -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l for rules, FAQ and other info ---