Hello John: I too have some reservation about the mite-resistant bees, especially the Tabor bees. I read the account of the development of this strain in the American Bee Journal, i've forgotten just when but must have been three or four years ago. The approach was to infect a few colonies with mites and when some survived, these were classed mite residtant. As I remember only a couple survived and queens mothers from these colonies then produced mite-resistant stock. I hope the claim is true and indeed it may be, but, my confinence level in this short-term approach is low. Seem to be having some trouble with our local Internet contact so best cut it off. Hope you get other response to your posting. Jim Shoemaker 5160 S. Western Brookline, MO 65619 [log in to unmask]