On 1/17/2013 11:25 AM, allen wrote: >> I seriously doubt whether natural selection has had much effect on US >> honey bees, since human selected bees are far more numerous in most >> locales, and any queen that mates in the air is going to get hit by >> whatever local drones happen to be hanging out close by. But this is >> common knowledge, has been for 200 years. > Any body treat for TM any more? That I assume that would be natural selection as the susceptible bees died so there genes died also. TM is still around. -- Harper's Honey Farm Charles Harper 421 Louveteau Rd. Carencro, LA 70520 www.russianbreeder.com [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] (337) 298 6261 *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm