--- Dave Cushman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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.


The article stated that "both brood area (number of
brood cells) and the average honey crop harvested were
higher in each year of the experiment in the so-called
susceptible colonies (colonies with high mite loads)
compared to the resistant colonies (low mite loads)!"

It seems to suggest that if there was a longer life
span in the low brood colonies, it did not seem to
have a positive effect on honey production.





		
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