> By that logic, are the drone-cullers (myself included) going to
> unintentionally create a breed of varroa that will start to preferentially
> attack workers instead?  Taken to its natural conclusion, that logic seems
> to imply that no treatments should ever be attempted since every treatment
> could lead sooner or later to a 'super-parasite' that's not susceptible.
> Yet that logic can't be right.  Something's missing.
>

That might be the case if everyone was doing it, but the number of
beekeepers who are drone culling is small and so would any effect on Varroa.

Same with small cell, but there the bees are more prone to die since it
seems that you have to get small cell procedure just right to succeed. At
least that is what you hear when you fail, as most do (unless the bees are
AHB).

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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