BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: Winter Loss
From:
Mike Stoops <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 3 Apr 2006 21:09:30 -0700
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (12 lines) 
Ron Bogansky <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I have one colony that should have crashed from mite load but is thriving. 

Save that queen and use her as a breeder queen.  See if her daughters can produce bees that can stand high mite loads and still function well.  As we're learning that mites are probably the carriers of viruses that do the actual damage, maybe you have a strain of bees that are highly resistant to the viruses.  Would pay to investigate.

Mike in LA

		
---------------------------------
New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big.

-- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l for rules, FAQ and  other info ---

ATOM RSS1 RSS2